Trinomys eliasi Pessôa and Reis 1993

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 : 1590

Trinomys eliasi Pessôa and Reis 1993

Trinomys eliasi Pessôa and Reis 1993 , Z. Saugetierk., 58: 183.

Type Locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Município de Maricá, Reatinga da Barra de Maricá (22 o 31’S, 47 o 17’W) .

Vernacular Names: Elias' Atlantic Spiny-rat.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Discussion: Although eliasi was described and recognized as a subspecies of iheringi (Possôa and Reis, 1993, 1994, 1996), Lara and Patton (2000) elevated it to a species based on analysis of sequence data. The sister taxon of eliasi is paratus and these two taxa are included in a clade with setosus and yonenagae ( Lara and Patton, 2000). Karyotype has 2n=58 and FN=112 (Pessôa and Reis, 1996).