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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Proechimys
SPECIES Proechimys echinothrix
| Author: | da Silva, 1998. | | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 111: 441. | | Common Name: | Stiff-spine Spiny-rat | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Amazonas, Colocação Vira-volta, left bank Rio Juruá on Igarapé Arabidi (66o14’W, 03o17’S). | | Distribution: | W Brazilian Amazon and, possibly, SE Colombia (see Patton et al., 2000). | | Comments: | Karyotype has 2n=32 and FN=60. |
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