Trinomys albispinus (I. Geoffroy 1838)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1575-1592 : 1589

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scientific name	Trinomys albispinus (I. Geoffroy 1838)
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[Echimys] albispinus I. Geoffroy 1838 , Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), 10: 125.

Type Locality: Brazil, Bahía, Ilha de Madre Deos, Itaparica (near Salvador).

Vernacular Names: White-spined Atlantic Spiny-rat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Trinomys albispinus subsp. albispinus I. Geoffroy 1838

Subspecies Trinomys albispinus subsp. minor Reis and Pessôa 1995

Subspecies Trinomys albispinus subsp. serotinus Thomas 1921

Distribution: States of Sergipe, Bahía and Minas Gerais (NE and SE Brazil).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as Proechimys albispinus .

Discussion: Reviewed by Pessôa and Reis (2002). Karyotype has 2n=60 and FN=116 ( Leal-Mesquita et al., 1992). Divergent from other forms of Trinomys ( Lara and Patton, 2000).