Paraguayan punaré | |
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Scientific classification | |
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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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]
Its karyotype has 2n = 34 and FN (fundamental number) = 64.[2]