Sao Lourenço Punare

Thrichomys laurentius

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae

Thrichomys laurentius, the Sao Lourenço punaré, is a South American caviomorph rodent of the spiny rat family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of T apereoides. It is endemic to the northern Caatinga ecoregion of northeastern Brazil, a region of dry tropical forest and scrub, at elevations from 15 to 800 m.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Sao Lourenço Punare

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