Proechimys echinothrix
M. N. F. da Silva, 1998
Stiff-spined 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
Silva, M.N.F. da. 1998-06-24. Four new species of spiny rats of the genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echymyidae) from the western Amazon of Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 111(2):436-471.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35459195Original name as described
Proechimys echinothrix
Other common names
Stiff-spined Spiny Rat
Type material
INPA 2550 (+ MVZ:Mamm:194529)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:194529Type locality
"Colocação Vira-volta, left bank Rio Juruá on Igarapé Arabidi, affluent of Paraná Breu, 66°14'W, 3°17'S, Amazonas, Brazil."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia? · Brazil
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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