Clyomys laticeps (Thomas 1909)
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Clyomys laticeps (Thomas 1909) View in CoL
[Echimys] laticeps Thomas 1909 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4: 240.
Type Locality: Brazil, Santa Catarina, Joinville.
Vernacular Names: Broad-headed Spiny Rat.
Synonyms: Clyomys spinosus ( Winge 1887) .
Distribution: Between Minas Gerais and Santa Catarina (E Brazil) in savanna habitats.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common.
Discussion: Highly fossorial and colonial. Karyotype has 2n=34 and FN=64 ( Yonenaga, 1975).
Winge, H. 1887. Jordfunde og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien: Med udsigt over gnavernes indbyrdes slagtskab. E Museo Lundii, 1 (3): 1 - 178.
Yonenaga, Y. 1975. Karyotypes and chromosome polymorphism in Brazilian rodents. Caryologia, 28: 269 - 286.
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