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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Proechimys
SPECIES Proechimys simonsi
| Author: | Thomas, 1900. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag.Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 6: 300. | | Common Name: | Simon’s Spiny-rat | | Type Locality: | Peru, Dept. Junín, Río Perené (240 m). | | Distribution: | Western Amazon Basin from S Colombia to N Bolivia and W Brazil. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as P. simonsi and P. hendeei. | | Comments: | Placed in simonsi group by Patton (1987). Gardner and Emmons (1984) included hendeei; considered a separate species by Eisenberg and Redford (1999). Karyotype has 2n=32 and FN=58 (Gardner and Emmons, 1984; Patton and Gardner, 1972). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
hendeei Thomas, 1926
nigrofulvus Osgood, 1944
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