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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> 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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