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The dark-caped Atlantic spiny rat or Mirapitanga spiny rat (Trinomys mirapitanga), is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

Also known as the Pau Brazil Spiny Rat, it is known only from specimens found at two locations on the southern Bahia coast, the Pau-Brasil Ecological Station and the Fazenda São João.[2]

References

  1. ^ Moura, R.; Patterson, B. (2016). "Trinomys mirapitanga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136305A22211934. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136305A22211934.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Patton, James L. (2015-03-09), Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6, retrieved 2016-05-28
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