Proechimys decumanus

(O. Thomas, 1899)

Pacific 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

Thomas, O. 1899-10-01. Descriptions of new Neotropical mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)4(22):278-288.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124306

Original name as described

Echimys decumanus

Other common names

Pacific Spiny Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.8.1.48

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cdd29d48-6266-4bc0-9c89-d3232fa9563d

Type locality

"Chongon, Guayas Province, west of Guayaquil, Ecuador." Restricted by R. A. Paynter, Jr. in 1993 to "ca. 100 m, 25 km west of Guayaquil."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001451

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 decumanus

(O. Thomas, 1899)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

decumanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.8.1.48

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cdd29d48-6266-4bc0-9c89-d3232fa9563d

Authority page

282

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124306

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Proechimys decumanus

C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

decumanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18280/22208822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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