Mammal Species of the World Logo

 

HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA  --> 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).
EXPORT AS CSV Back to search results

Offspring:

Synonyms:

    goethalsi Goldman, 1912
    truei J. A. Allen, 1908

  Bucknell Home Page   Biology Department Home Page

 

©Bucknell Univesity All Rights Reserved
Comments and questions to dreeder@bucknell.edu