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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Proechimys
SPECIES Proechimys steerei
| Author: | Goldman, 1911. | | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 24: 238. | | Common Name: | Steere’s Spiny-rat | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Amazonas State, Hyutanahan (above Purús). | | Distribution: | C Peru and N Bolivia eastward into W Brazil. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Placed in goeldii group by Patton (1987). Listed as a subspecies of goeldii in Cabrera (1961:519), but as a distinct species by Anderson (1997) and Patton et al. (2000). Karyotype has 2n=24 and FN=40-42 (Gardner and Emmons, 1984; Patton et al., 2000). Patton et al. (2000) suggested synonyms listed above. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
hilda Thomas, 1924
kermiti Allen, 1915
liminalis Moojen, 1948
pachita Thomas, 1904
rattinus Thomas, 1926
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