The Paraguayan punaré (Thrichomys pachyurus) is a caviomorph rodent of South America from the spiny rat family.[2] With its skull averaging 55 mm long, it is the largest species in the genus Thrichomys.[3] It is found in savannas and forest edges in southwestern Brazil and northern Paraguay within the cerrado ecoregion.[1] The species tolerates a degree of habitat disturbance, and is considered abundant throughout its range.[1]
| Paraguayan punaré | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Tribe: | Myocastorini |
| Genus: | Thrichomys |
| Species: | T. pachyurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Thrichomys pachyurus (Wagner, 1845)
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Its karyotype has 2n = 34 and FN (fundamental number) = 64.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Lacher, T. (2016). "Thrichomys pachyurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136245A22206322. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136245A22206322.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Thrichomys pachyurus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1589. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Pessôa, Leila M.; Tavares, William C.; Neves, Antonio C. A.; da Silva, André L. G. (9 March 2015). "Genus Thrichomys E.-L. Trouessart, 1980". In Patton, James L.; Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J.; D’Elía, Guillermo (eds.). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press. pp. 997–999. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. OCLC 921432000.