Echimyidae Author Don E. Wilson Author Thomas E. Lacher, Jr Author Russell A. Mittermeier text 2016 2016-07-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I 552 604 book chapter 67690 10.5281/zenodo.6623649 5be7e52f-9b9c-4c03-99ed-f346bbcde1d0 978-84-941892-3-4 6623649 99. Black-spined Atlantic Tree-rat Phyllomys nigrispinus French: Rat-épineux a dos noir / German: Schwarzstachel-Kiistenbaumratte / Spanish: Rata arboricola atlantica de dorso negro Taxonomy. Loncheres nigrispina Wagner, 1842 , “Ypanema.” Restricted by L. H. Emmons and colleagues in 2002 to “Floresta Nacional de Ipanema, 20 km NW Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 23°26’S47°37°'W,elev. 550-970 m.” Movements, Home range and Social organization. The Serra da Mantiqueira Atlantic Tree-rat is arboreal and probably solitary. Status and Conservation. Classified as Critically Endangered on The IUCN Red List. Extent of occurrence of the Serra da Mantiqueira Atlantic Tree-rat is estimated to be less than 100 km?, it is known from only a single location, and there has been continuing decline in quality and availability of habitat. It is currently protected from indiscriminate exploitation at the type locality, which belongs to the Brazilian Army. Nevertheless, it is probably restricted to high-elevation mixed evergreen araucaria forests in the Serra da Mantiqueira, a very specific and naturally restricted habitat. Additional ecological studies of this Serra da Mantiqueira Atlantic Tree-rat are needed. Bibliography. Leite (2003), Leite & Loss (2015), Loss & Leite (2011), Woods & Kilpatrick (2005).