AnimaliaRodentiaEchimyidaeGutiérrezEliécer E.Marinho-FilhoJaderThe mammalian faunas endemic to the Cerrado and the CaatingaZookeys1012017201764410515710.3897/zookeys.644.10827 Phyllomys brasiliensis Lund, 1840Distribution.

Phyllomys brasiliensis is endemic to the Cerrado, and has been recorded in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais (Emmons et al. 2002, Leite 2003, Leite and Loss 2015).

Conservation.

The red list of the IUCN ver. 3.1 assigned the category “Endangered” to Phyllomys brasiliensis (see Loss and Leite 2016). The species appears in the official list of threatened species of Brazil with the category “Endangered” (ICMBIO-MMA 2016).

 EmmonsLHLeiteYLRKockDCostaLP (2002) A review of the named forms of Phyllomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae) with the description of a new species from coastal Brazil. American Museum Novitates 3380: 1–40. https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2002)380<0001:arotnf>2.0.co;2 LeiteYLR (2003) Evolution and systematics of the Atlantic tree rats, genus Phyllomys (Rodentia, Echimyidae), with description of two new species. University of California Publications in Zoology 132: 1–118. https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520098497.001.0001 LeiteYLRLossAC (2015) Genus Phyllomys Lund, 1839. In: Patton JL, Pardiñas UFJ, D’Elía G (Eds) Mammals of South America (Vol. 2) – Rodents. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 915–928. LossCLeiteY (2016) Phyllomys brasiliensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T6978A22209830. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6978/0 [Downloaded 15 October 2016] ICMBio-MMA (Instituto Chico Mendes, Ministério do Meio Ambiemte) (2016) Executive summary of Brazil red book of threatened species of fauna. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade. http://www.icmbio.gov.br/portal/images/stories/comunicacao/publicacoes/publicacoes-diversas/dcom_sumario_executivo_livro_vermelho_ed_2016.pdf [Accessed on December 19th, 2016]