| Author: | I. Geoffroy, 1838. |
| Citation: | Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), 10: 125. |
| Common Name: | White-spined Atlantic Spiny-rat |
| Type Locality: | Brazil, Bahía, Ilha de Madre Deos, Itaparica (near Salvador). |
| Distribution: | States of Sergipe, Bahía and Minas Gerais (NE and SE Brazil). |
| Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as Proechimys albispinus. |
| Comments: | Reviewed by Pessôa and Reis (2002). Karyotype has 2n=60 and FN=116 (Leal-Mesquita et al., 1992). Divergent from other forms of Trinomys (Lara and Patton, 2000). |
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