Proechimys steerei
E. A. Goldman, 1911
Steere's 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
Goldman, E.A. 1911-11-28. Three new mammals from Central and South America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 24:237-239.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779581Original name as described
Proechimys steerei
Other common names
Steere's Spiny Rat
Type material
USNM:MAMM:105535
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a2bff9af-44b9-46fd-b361-f681eff045b9Type locality
"Rio Purus, a southern tributary of the Amazon, in north-western [Amazonas], Brazil." Restricted by E. A. Goldman in 1912 to "Hyutána-han [= Huitanaã], a small village of rubber gatherers, on the north side of the Rio Purus, in the upper part of its course."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Peru · Bolivia · Brazil
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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