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Hoplomys gymnurus

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Hoplomys gymnurus (Thomas 1897)

[Hoplomys] gymnurus (Thomas 1897), Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 20: 550.

Type Locality: Ecuador, Esmeraldas Prov., Cachavi.

Vernacular Names: Armored Rat.

Synonyms: Hoplomys goethalsi Goldman 1912; Hoplomys truei J. A. Allen 1908.

Distribution: EC Honduras to NW Ecuador.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Locally common.

Discussion: Cabrera (1961) placed hoplomyoides Tate, 1939 as a subspecies of gymnurus, but this taxon has been consistently placed in the genus Proechimys by other authors (Handley, 1976; Patton, 1987; Tate, 1939).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae, pp. 1575-1592 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1583, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Echimyidae
Genus
Hoplomys
Species
gymnurus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hoplomys gymnurus (Thomas, 1897) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Allen, J. A. 1908. Mammals from Nicaragua. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 24: 647 - 670.
  • Tate, G. H. H. 1939. The mammals of the Guiana region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 76: 151 - 229.
  • Handley, C. O., Jr. 1976. Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series, 20: 1 - 91.
  • Patton, J. L. 1987. Species groups of spiny rats, genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 39: 305 - 345.