The giant Atlantic tree-rat (''Phyllomys thomasi'') is a
spiny rat species from
Brazil
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. It is
endemic
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to
São Sebastião Island off the coast of
São Paulo State. The island is largely protected by the
Ilhabela State Park.
References
Phyllomys
Taxa named by Hermann von Ihering
Rodents of Brazil
Endemic mammals of Brazil
Mammals described in 1897
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