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Proechimys urichi J. A. Allen 1899

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Proechimys urichi J. A. Allen 1899

Proechimys urichi J. A. Allen 1899, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 12: 199.

Type Locality: Venezuela, Sucre, Quebrada Seca.

Vernacular Names: Sucre Spiny-rat.

Distribution: N Venezuela.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Placed in trinitatus group by Patton (1987). Formerly included in guyannensis (Reig et al., 1980). Included within guairae by Eisenberg (1989). Karyotype has 2n=62 and FN=88 (Reig and Useche, 1976).

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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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
J. A. Allen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Echimyidae
Genus
Proechimys
Species
urichi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Proechimys urichi Allen, 1899 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.
  • Eisenberg, J. F. 1989. Mammals of the Neotropics. The northern Neotropics, vol. 1, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 449 pp.
  • Reig, O. A., and M. Useche. 1976. Diversidad cariotipica y sistematica en poblaciones Venezolanas de Proechimys (Rodentia, Echimyidae), con datos adicionales sobre poblaciones de Peru y Colombia. Acta Cientifica Venezolana, 27: 132 - 140