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Proechimys quadruplicatus Hershkovitz 1948
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Proechimys quadruplicatus Hershkovitz 1948
Proechimys quadruplicatus Hershkovitz 1948, Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus., 97: 138.
Type Locality: Ecuador, Napo-Pastaza Prov., Río Napo, Isla Llunchi (18 kms below mouth of Rio Coca).
Vernacular Names: Napo Spiny-rat.
Synonyms: Proechimys amphichoricus Moojen 1948.
Distribution: N Peru, E Ecuador and SE Colombia east across S Venezuela and adjacent Brazil to the vicinity of Manaus, west of Rio Negro.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as P. quadruplicatus and P. amphichoricus.
Discussion: Placed in goeldii group by Patton (1987); Patton et al. (2000) included amphichoricus. Karyotype has 2n=26-28 and FN=42-44 (Gardner and Emmons, 1984; Patton et al., 2000).
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 1587, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Hershkovitz
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Echimyidae
- Genus
- Proechimys
- Species
- quadruplicatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Proechimys quadruplicatus Hershkovitz, 1948 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Moojen, J. 1948. Speciation in the Brazilian spiny rats (genus Proechimys, family Echimyidae). University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 1 (19): 301 - 406.
- Patton, J. L. 1987. Species groups of spiny rats, genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 39: 305 - 345.
- Patton, J. L., M. N. F. da Silva, and J. R. Malcolm. 2000. Mammals of the Rio Jurua and the evolutionary and ecological diversification of Amazonia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 244: 1 - 306.
- Gardner, A. L., and L. H. Emmons. 1984. Species groups in Proechimys (Rodentia, Echimyidae) as indicated by karyology and bullar morphology. Journal of Mammalogy, 65: 10 - 25.