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Uvular trill
r is trilled; the Romans called it the -littera canīna, because its sound suggested the snarling of a dog: Rōma, cūrāre. Spanish and Italian still possess this feature.
http://www.wheelockslatin.com/chapters/introduction/introduction_consonants.html
Uvular trill is common in Lisbon Portuguese (it is represented by initial R: rato ''rat'', Roma ''Rome'' or by double RR: carro ''caro'', bairro ''neighborhood''). In Brazilian Portuguese [h] and/or [x] are used instead (depending on a speaker's origin)
Yeah, don't get mixed up between the alveolar trill and the uvular trill. I've never the uvular R pronounced in any dialect of Spanish (except when my German friend tries to speak Spanish).
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