Echimys vieirai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Octodontoidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Familia: Echimyidae
Subfamilia: Echimyinae
Tribus: Echimyini
Genus: Echimys
Species: Echimys vieirai

Name

• Echimys vieirai Iack- Ximenes, de Vivo & Percequillo, 2005: 52

Holotype: MZUSP 26650, young ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Barreirinha, right bank of the Tapajós River, near São Luis do Tapajós, Pará State, Brazil; geographic coordinates 04°25’S, 56°13’W.”

References

Primary references

• Iack- Ximenes, G.E., de Vivo, M. & Percequillo, A.R. 2005. A new species of Echimys Cuvier, 1809 (Rodentia, Echimyidae) from Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 45(5): 51–60. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492005000500001 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Vieira’s Tree Rat