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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Echimyinae
--> GENUS Echimys
SPECIES Echimys semivillosus
| Author: | I. Geoffroy, 1838. | | Citation: | Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser. 2, 10: 125. | | Common Name: | Speckled Spiny Tree-rat | | Type Locality: | Colombia, Bolivar Dept., Cartagena. | | Distribution: | N Colombia, Venezuela, Margarita Isl. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Locally common. | | Comments: | See Cabrera (1961:542-543). Taxonomy being revised (Emmons, In Press). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
carrikeri (J. A. Allen, 1911)
flavidus (Hollister, 1914)
punctatus (Thomas, 1899)
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