Giant Atlantic tree-rat

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Giant Atlantic tree-rat (Phyllomys thomasi) is an endangered spiny rat from Brazil. It lives only on São Sebastião Island off the coast of São Paulo State. The island is largely protected by Ilhabela State Park.

Classification:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Echimyidae
- Genus: Phyllomys
- Species: thomasi
- Binomial name: Phyllomys thomasi (H. von Ihering, 1897)