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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Proechimys
SPECIES Proechimys mincae
Author: | J. A. Allen, 1899. | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 12: 198. | Common Name: | Minca Spiny Rat | Type Locality: | Colombia, Dept. Magdalena, Minca near Santa Marta. | Distribution: | N Colombia below 500 m in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Placed in the trinitatis group (Patton, 1987). Karyotype has 2n=48 and FN=68 (Gardner and Emmons, 1984). |
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