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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Proechimys
SPECIES Proechimys brevicauda
| Author: | Gunther, 1876. | | Actual Date: | 1877 | | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876: 748. | | Common Name: | Short-tailed Spiny-rat | | Type Locality: | Peru, Dept. de Loreto, Chamicuros (Río Huallago). | | Distribution: | Western Amazonia from S Colombia, E Ecuador, E Peru, N Bolivia, and W Brazil. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as P. brevicauda, P. bolivianus, and P. gularis. | | Comments: | Listed as a subspecies of longicaudatus by Cabrera (1961:524) and as a member of the longicaudatus group by Patton (1987), but treated as a species by Patton et al. (2000). Karyotype has 2n=28-30 and FN=48-50 (Gardner and Emmons, 1984; Patton et al., 2000). Likely polytypic, as Gardner and Emmons (1984) suggested gularis is a separate species based on karyotypic grounds and Patton et al. (2000) suggested that elassopus is also distinct, based on morphological and molecular criteria. Anderson (1997) included bolivianus in brevicauda. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
bolivianus Thomas, 1901
elassopus Osgood, 1944
gularis Thomas, 1911
securus Thomas, 1902
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