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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Hoplomys
SPECIES Hoplomys gymnurus
Author: | Thomas, 1897. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 20: 550. | Common Name: | Armored Rat | Type Locality: | Ecuador, Esmeraldas Prov., Cachavi. | Distribution: | EC Honduras to NW Ecuador. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Locally common. | Comments: | Cabrera (1961) placed hoplomyoides Tate, 1939 as a subspecies of gymnurus, but this taxon has been consistently placed in the genus Proechimys by other authors (Handley, 1976; Patton, 1987; Tate, 1939). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
goethalsi Goldman, 1912 truei J. A. Allen, 1908
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