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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Proechimys
SPECIES Proechimys hoplomyoides
| Author: | Tate, 1939. | | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 76: 179. | | Common Name: | Guyanan Spiny-rat | | Type Locality: | Venezuela, Bolivar Prov., Mt. Roraima (2,000 m). | | Distribution: | SE Venezuela, adjacent Guyana and Brazil. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Erroneously considered a subspecies of Hoplomys gymnurus by Cabrera (1961). Placed in the trinitatus group by Patton (1987). |
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