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Trinomys Thomas 1921

Description

Trinomys Thomas 1921

Trinomys Thomas 1921, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 8: 140.

Type Species: Echimys albispinus I. Geoffroy 1838

Species and subspecies: 11 species with 8 subspecies:

Species Trinomys albispinus (I. Geoffroy 1838)

Subspecies Trinomys albispinus subsp. albispinus I. Geoffroy 1838

Subspecies Trinomys albispinus subsp. minor Reis and Pessôa 1995

Subspecies Trinomys albispinus subsp. serotinus Thomas 1921

Species Trinomys dimidiatus (Günther 1876)

Species Trinomys eliasi Pessôa and Reis 1993

Species Trinomys gratiosus Moojen 1948

Subspecies Trinomys gratiosus subsp. gratiosus Moojen 1948

Subspecies Trinomys gratiosus subsp. bonafidei Moojen 1948

Species Trinomys iheringi (Thomas 1911)

Species Trinomys mirapitanga Lara, Patton, and Hingst-Zaher 2002

Species Trinomys moojeni Pessôa, Oliveira, and Reis 1992

Species Trinomys myosuros (Lichtenstein 1820)

Species Trinomys paratus Moojen 1948

Species Trinomys setosus (Desmarest 1817)

Subspecies Trinomys setosus subsp. setosus Desmarest 1817

Subspecies Trinomys setosus subsp. denigratus Moojen 1948

Subspecies Trinomys setosus subsp. elegans Lund 1841

Species Trinomys yonenagae Rocha 1995

Discussion: Considered a subgenus of Proechimys by Moojen (1948) and Woods (1993) but Lara et al. (1996) demonstrated that Trinomys is not the sister taxon of Proechimys based on mtDNA sequences and should be regarded as a separate genus. Revised by Lara and Patton (2000).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae, pp. 1575-1592 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1589, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Echimyidae
Genus
Trinomys
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Trinomys Thomas, 1921 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Moojen, J. 1948. Speciation in the Brazilian spiny rats (genus Proechimys, family Echimyidae). University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 1 (19): 301 - 406.
  • Lara, M. C., J. L. Patton, and E. Hingst-Zaher. 2002. Trinomys mirapitanga, a new species of spiny rat (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Mammalian Biology, 67: 233 - 242.
  • Lund, P. W. 1841. Blik paa Brasiliens Dyreverden for sidste Jordomvaeltning. Tredie Afhandling: Fortsaettelse af Pattedyrene. Konigelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Afhandlinger, Kjobenhavn, 8: 219 - 272, pls. 14 - 24.
  • Woods, C. A. 1993. Suborder Hystricognathi. Pp. 771 - 806, in Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., 1206 pp.
  • Lara, M. C., J. L. Patton, and M. N. F. da Silva. 1996. The simultaneous diversification of South American echimyid rodents (Hystricognathi) based on complete cytochrome b sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 5 (2): 403 - 413.
  • Lara, M. C., and J. L. Patton. 2000. Evolutionary diversification of spiny rats (genus Trinomys, Rodentia: Echimyidae) in the Atlantic forest of Brazil. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130: 661 - 686.