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Chaetomys subspinosus  (Olfers, 1818)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 584790

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Hystrix subspinosus Olfers, 1818
  
  Common Name(s): Bristle-spined Rat [English]
  
    Brazilian Bristle-spined Porcupine [English]
  
    Broomstraw-spined Porcupine [English]
  
    Thin-spined Porcupine [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderHystricomorpha Brandt, 1855  
                                     InfraorderHystricognathi Brandt, 1855 – hystricognath rodents  
                                        FamilyErethizontidae Bonaparte, 1845 – New World porcupines  
                                           SubfamilyChaetomyinae Thomas, 1897  
                                              GenusChaetomys Gray, 1843  
                                                 SpeciesChaetomys subspinosus (Olfers, 1818) – Bristle-spined Rat, Brazilian Bristle-spined Porcupine, Broomstraw-spined Porcupine, Thin-spined Porcupine  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Charles A. Woods  
  Notes: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2035   
  Reference for: Chaetomys subspinosus    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Voss, Robert S., Caldonia Hubbard, Sharon A. Jansa  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae): Implications for Taxonomy, Morphological Evolution, and Biogeography   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Museum Novitates, no. 3769   
  Page(s): 1-36   
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0003-0082   
  Notes: doi: 10.1206/3769.2 ; available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58968161   
  Reference for: Chaetomys subspinosus, Brazilian Bristle-spined Porcupine [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Chaetomys subspinosus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., T. E. Lacher Jr., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I   
  Page(s): 987   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-941892-34   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chaetomys subspinosus, Broomstraw-spined Porcupine [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 1538-1600   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chaetomys subspinosus, Bristle-spined Rat [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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