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--> FAMILY Echimyidae
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--> GENUS Proechimys
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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