Highlands Punaré – Thrichomys inermis

Thrichomys inermisPictet, 1941

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Included in apereoides by Moojen (1952) and Cabrera (1961) but recognized as a distinct species based on chromosomal differentiation (Bonvicino et al., 2002) and sequence divergence (Braggio and Bonvicino, 2004). Karyotype has 2n=26; FN=48 (Bonvicino et al., 2002; Leal-Mesquita et al., 1993).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.