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SPECIES Proechimys decumanus

Author:Thomas, 1899.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 4: 282.
Common Name:Pacific Spiny-rat
Type Locality:Ecuador, Prov. de Guayas, Changón.
Distribution:NW Peru, SW Ecuador, Pacific lowlands.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Placed in brevicauda group by Gardner and Emmons (1984), but Patton (1987) recognized it as the sole representative of a decumanus group. Listed as a subspecies of guyannensis by Cabrera (1961), but as a species by Emmons and Feer (1990, 1997). Karyotype has 2n=30 and FN=54 (Gardner and Emmons, 1984).
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