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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Proechimys
SPECIES Proechimys chrysaeolus
Author: | Thomas, 1898. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, 1: 244. | Common Name: | Boyacá Spiny Rat | Type Locality: | Colombia, Dept. Boyacá, Muzo (valley of Río Carare). | Distribution: | E Colombia. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Included in the semispinosus group by Gardner and Emmons (1984) but placed in the trinitatus group by Patton (1987). Listed as a subspecies of guyannensis by Cabrera (1961). |
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