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SPECIES Proechimys echinothrix

Author:da Silva, 1998.
Citation:Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 111: 441.
Common Name:Stiff-spine Spiny-rat
Type Locality:Brazil, Amazonas, Colocação Vira-volta, left bank Rio Juruá on Igarapé Arabidi (66o14’W, 03o17’S).
Distribution:W Brazilian Amazon and, possibly, SE Colombia (see Patton et al., 2000).
Comments:Karyotype has 2n=32 and FN=60.
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