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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Proechimys
SPECIES Proechimys magdalenae
| Author: | Hershkovitz, 1948. | | Citation: | Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus., 97: 136. | | Common Name: | Magdalena Spiny Rat | | Type Locality: | Colombia, Dept. de Bolívar, Río San Pedro near Norosí (178 m) in the foothills of the Cordillera Central. | | Distribution: | Colombia west of the Río Magdalena. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Combined with guyannensis (Cabrera, 1961:521), but recognized as a distinct species by Emmons and Feer (1990:274). Included in the brevicauda group by Gardner and Emmons (1984) but placed in the trinitatus group by Patton (1987). |
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