Author: | Günther, 1876. |
Actual Date: | 1877 |
Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876: 747. |
Common Name: | Soft-spined Atlantic Spiny-rat |
Type Locality: | Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, unknown probably SW Rio de Janeiro. |
Distribution: | E Brazil including the states of Rio de Janeiro and Distrito Federal. |
Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Proechimys dimidiatus. |
Comments: | Reviewed by Pessôa and Reis (1993). Lara and Patton (2000) concluded that dimidiatus was the sister taxon of iheringi. Karyotype has 2n=56 (Pessôa and Reis, 1993). |
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