Proechimys canicollis

(J. A. Allen, 1899)

Colombian Spiny-rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Octodontoidea
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Echimyinae
Tribe : Myocastorini
Genus : Proechimys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1899-12-20. New rodents from Colombia and Venezuela. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(16):195-218.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/550

Original name as described

Echimys canicollis

Other common names

Colombian Spiny Rat

Type material

AMNH M-15397

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-15397

Type locality

"Bonda, Santa Marta District." Restricted by R. A. Paynter, Jr. in 1997 to "Río Manzanares, where joined Quebrada Matogiro, 9 miles East of Santa Marta," Magdalena, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001448

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Echimys canicollis

(J. A. Allen, 1899)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

canicollis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-15397

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-15397

Authority page

200

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Proechimys canicollis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

canicollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

193

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18276/22208582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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