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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
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--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Proechimys
SPECIES Proechimys quadruplicatus
Author: | Hershkovitz, 1948. | Citation: | Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus., 97: 138. | Common Name: | Napo Spiny-rat | Type Locality: | Ecuador, Napo-Pastaza Prov., Río Napo, Isla Llunchi (18 kms below mouth of Rio Coca). | Distribution: | N Peru, E Ecuador and SE Colombia east across S Venezuela and adjacent Brazil to the vicinity of Manaus, west of Rio Negro. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as P. quadruplicatus and P. amphichoricus. | Comments: | Placed in goeldii group by Patton (1987); Patton et al. (2000) included amphichoricus. Karyotype has 2n=26-28 and FN=42-44 (Gardner and Emmons, 1984; Patton et al., 2000). |
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amphichoricus Moojen, 1948
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