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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Proechimys
SPECIES Proechimys gardneri
| Author: | da Silva, 1998. | | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 111: 460. | | Common Name: | Gardner’s Spiny-rat | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Amazonas, Altamira, right bank Rio Juruá (68o54’W, 06o35’S). | | Distribution: | W Amazonia of Brazil and N Boliva between the Rio Juruá and the Rio Madeira. | | Comments: | Weksler et al. (2001) erroneously cited Patton (1987) as placing in guyannensis group; molecular analysis suggests affinities with pattoni and kulinae(Patton et al., 2000). Karyotype has 2n=40 and FN=56. |
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