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Paraguayan punaré
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Echimyinae
Tribe:	Myocastorini
Genus:	Thrichomys
Species:	T. pachyurus
Binomial name
Thrichomys pachyurus (Wagner, 1845)

The Paraguayan punaré (Thrichomys pachyurus) is a caviomorph rodent of South America from the spiny rat family. With its skull averaging 55 mm long, it is the largest species in the genus Thrichomys. It is found in savannas and forest edges in southwestern Brazil and northern Paraguay within the cerrado ecoregion. The species tolerates a degree of habitat disturbance, and is considered abundant throughout its range.

Its karyotype has 2n = 34 and FN (fundamental number) = 64.

References

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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.
3. 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.

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• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Thrichomys
• Fauna of the Cerrado
• Rodents of Brazil
• Mammals of Paraguay
• Mammals described in 1845
• Taxa named by Johann Andreas Wagner
• Spiny rat stubs