HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Proechimys
SPECIES Proechimys oconnelli
Author: | J. A. Allen, 1913. | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 32(24): 479. | Common Name: | O’Connell’s Spiny-rat | Type Locality: | Colombia, Villavicencio, 480 m. | Distribution: | C Colombia east of Cordillera Oriental. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Placed in the semispinosus group by Patton (1987). Karyotype has 2n=32 and FN=52 (Gardner and Emmons, 1984). |
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