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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Proechimys
SPECIES Proechimys trinitatus
| Author: | J. A. Allen and Chapman, 1893. | | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 5: 223. | | Common Name: | Trinidad Spiny-rat | | Type Locality: | Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad. | | Distribution: | Trinidad. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Placed in trinitatus group by Patton (1987). Formerly included in guyannensis (Reig et al., 1980). Karyotype has 2n=62 and FN=80 (Aguilera and Corti, 1994). |
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