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Proechimys hoplomyoides Tate 1939

Description

Proechimys hoplomyoides Tate 1939

Proechimys hoplomyoides Tate 1939, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 76: 179.

Type Locality: Venezuela, Bolivar Prov., Mt. Roraima (2,000 m).

Vernacular Names: Guyanan Spiny-rat.

Distribution: SE Venezuela, adjacent Guyana and Brazil.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Erroneously considered a subspecies of Hoplomys gymnurus by Cabrera (1961). Placed in the trinitatus group by Patton (1987).

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 1586, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Echimyidae
Genus
Proechimys
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Tate
Species
hoplomyoides
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Proechimys hoplomyoides Tate, 1939 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Tate, G. H. H. 1939. The mammals of the Guiana region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 76: 151 - 229.
  • Patton, J. L. 1987. Species groups of spiny rats, genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 39: 305 - 345.