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Proechimys trinitatus
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Proechimys trinitatus (J. A. Allen and Chapman 1893)
[Proechimys] trinitatus (J. A. Allen and Chapman 1893), Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 5: 223.
Type Locality: Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad.
Vernacular Names: Trinidad Spiny-rat.
Distribution: Trinidad.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Placed in trinitatus group by Patton (1987). Formerly included in guyannensis (Reig et al., 1980). Karyotype has 2n=62 and FN=80 (Aguilera and Corti, 1994).
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 1588, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/F44B816F7E0FD7FCE40602B62312932D (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/130691BABAC1977AE22D402C17F2F410 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231549305 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- J. A. Allen and Chapman
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Echimyidae
- Genus
- Proechimys
- Species
- trinitatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Proechimys trinitatus (and, 1893) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Patton, J. L. 1987. Species groups of spiny rats, genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 39: 305 - 345.
- Reig, O. A., M. Aguilera, M. A. Barros, and M. Useche. 1980. Chromosomal speciation in a Rassenkreis of Venezuelan spiny rats (genus Proechimys; Rodentia: Echimyidae). Genetica, 52 / 53: 291 - 312.
- Aguilera, M., and M. Corti. 1994. Craniometric differentiation and chromosomal speciation of the genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 59: 366 - 377.