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Trinomys albispinus (White-spined Spiny Rat)

Synonyms: Echimys albispinus; Proechimys albispinus

Wikipedia Abstract

The white-spined Atlantic spiny rat (Trinomys albispinus) is a spiny rat species endemic to Brazil.
View Wikipedia Record: Trinomys albispinus

Infraspecies

Trinomys albispinus albispinus
Trinomys albispinus minor
Trinomys albispinus serotinus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  185 grams
Diet [2]  Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Plants [2]  70 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Litter Size [1]  3
Nocturnal [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Atlantic Coast restingas Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Bahia coastal forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Bahia interior forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Caatinga Brazil Neotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
San Rafael, Reserva de Recursos Manejados Managed Resource Reserve VI 165840 Paraguay  

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Proechimys albispinus, Leila Maria Pessôa and Sérgio Furtado dos Reis, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 693, pp. 1–3 (2002)
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0