Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Echinoprocta rufescens

Description

Echinoprocta rufescens (Gray, 1865). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865:321.

TYPE LOCALITY: Colombia.

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia, montane areas of the eastern cordillera of Andes between 800 and 2,000 m elevation (Eisenberg, 1989).

STATUS: Unknown.

SYNONYMS: epixanthus, sneiderni (see comment under Sphiggurus).

Notes

Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 776, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083

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Biodiversity

Family
Erethizontidae
Genus
Echinoprocta
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Gray
Species
rufescens
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Echinoprocta rufescens (Gray, 1865) sec. Woods, 1993

References

  • 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.