Moojen's Atlantic spiny-rat, (''Trinomys moojeni'') is a
spiny rat species
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from
South America
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. It is found in
Brazil
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. It is named after twentieth-century Brazilian zoologist
João Moojen
João Moojen de Oliveira (December 1, 1904 in Leopoldina, MG, Brazil – March 31, 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) was a zoologist dedicated to the systematics of Brazilian mammals, particularly rodents and primates. He was also interested in ...
.
References
Trinomys
Mammals described in 1992
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