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SPECIES Proechimys pattoni

Author:da Silva, 1998.
Citation:Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 111: 454.
Common Name:Patton’s Spiny-rat
Type Locality:Brazil, Acre, Igarapé Porongaba, right bank Rio Juruá (72o47’W, 08o40’S).
Distribution:SE Peru, W Amazonia in headwaters of Rio Juruá (Brazil).
Comments:Weksler et al. (2001) erroneously cited Patton (1987) as placing in guyannensis group. Molecular analysis suggests affinities with gardneri and kulinae (Patton et al., 2000). Karyotype has 2n=40 and FN=56.
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