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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Proechimys
SPECIES Proechimys decumanus
| Author: | Thomas, 1899. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 4: 282. | | Common Name: | Pacific Spiny-rat | | Type Locality: | Ecuador, Prov. de Guayas, Changón. | | Distribution: | NW Peru, SW Ecuador, Pacific lowlands. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Placed in brevicauda group by Gardner and Emmons (1984), but Patton (1987) recognized it as the sole representative of a decumanus group. Listed as a subspecies of guyannensis by Cabrera (1961), but as a species by Emmons and Feer (1990, 1997). Karyotype has 2n=30 and FN=54 (Gardner and Emmons, 1984). |
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