Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny rat

The mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny-rat (Trinomys myosuros) is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny-rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus:	Trinomys
Species:	T. myosuros
Binomial name
Trinomys myosuros (Lichtenstein, 1830)
Synonyms
Proechimys myosuros