Atlantic tree-rat - Encyclopedia of Life

Phyllomys (Atlantic Tree Rat) is a genus of rodents in the family American spiny rats. They are herbivores. Individuals can grow to 195 mm. Reproduction is viviparous. They rely on arboreal (locomotion) to move around.

URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099
Definition: animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material

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URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Viviparous
Definition: 1) Producing live offspring from within the body of the parent (Lincoln et al., 1998). 2) Development of an embryo within the body of the parent, in part, resources passing directly from parent to embryo (Barnes et al., 2006).
Attribution: Lincoln, R., Boxshall, G. & Clark, P., 1998. A dictionary of ecology, evolution and systematics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University of Press. Barnes R.S.K., Calow P., Olive P.J.W., Golding, D.W, and Spicer, J.I. 2006. The invertebrates: a new synthesis, Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd. http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Viviparous

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000364
Definition: Behavior related to the locomotion of animals in trees.

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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Atlantic tree-rat. View this species on GBIF

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Atlantic Tree Rat

Phyllomys Lund 1839

Atlantic tree-rat includes 13 children: