Lund's Atlantic tree-rat

Lund's Atlantic tree-rat, (Phyllomys lundi), is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.[2]

Lund's Atlantic tree-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Tribe: Echimyini
Genus: Phyllomys
Species:
P. lundi
Binomial name
Phyllomys lundi
Leite, 2003

Environment

Habitat

The Atlantic Tree Rat thrives in a broad-leaf evergreen rain forest with a lush undergrowth. It is best with a secondary forest; a forest that has regrown after an event cleared some of the growth for new growth to start. [2]

Characteristics

Conservation status

Phyllomys lundi is considered endangered by the IUCN's red list.[2] This is because Atlantic Tree Rats are only found in 2 places in an extremely fragmented forest habitat and its decreasing habitat.[2]

Population Trend

Not only is the population decreasing in number, it is also becoming more fragmented. Specific details about the population are unknown.[2]

Causes

Its main danger is the fragmentation and degradation of the forests that it lives in due to logging.[2]

vation

The Atlantic Tree Rat is found in the "Reserva Biológica de Poço das Antas" reserve in Rio de Janeiro.[2]

References
  1. Leite, Y.; Loss, C. (2016). "Phyllomys lundi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136400A22210553. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136400A22210553.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Leite, Y.L.R. 2003. "Evolution and Systematics of the Atlantic Tree rats, Genus Phyllomys, with Description of Two New Species". Berkeley: University of California Press. 118


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