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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Proechimys
SPECIES Proechimys canicollis
Author: | J. A. Allen, 1899. | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 12: 200. | Common Name: | Colombian Spiny-rat | Type Locality: | Colombia, Dept. Magdalena, Bonda near Santa Marta (NW base of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta). | Distribution: | NC Colombia, NW Venezuela. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Placed in the monotypic canicollis group by Patton (1987). Karyotype has 2n=24 and FN=44 (Gardner and Emmons, 1984). |
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