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SPECIES Proechimys trinitatus

Author:J. A. Allen and Chapman, 1893.
Citation:Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 5: 223.
Common Name:Trinidad Spiny-rat
Type Locality:Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad.
Distribution:Trinidad.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Placed in trinitatus group by Patton (1987). Formerly included in guyannensis (Reig et al., 1980). Karyotype has 2n=62 and FN=80 (Aguilera and Corti, 1994).
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