Trinidad spiny rat

Trinidad spiny rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Proechimys
Species: P. trinitatus
Binomial name
Proechimys trinitatus
(J.A. Allen & Chapman, 1893)

The Trinidad spiny rat (Proechimys trinitatus[2]) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Trinidad and Tobago.

References

  1. McKnight, M. & Emmons, L. (2008). "Proechimys trinitatis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
  2. Not trinitatis, Woods and Kilpatrick, 2005, Mamm. Spec. World., 3rd ed., p. 1588


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