Clyomys laticeps (Thomas 1909)

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 : 1582

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DOI

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scientific name

Clyomys laticeps (Thomas 1909)
status

 

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Echimyidae

SubFamily

Eumysopinae

Genus

Clyomys