Proechimys J. A. Allen 1899
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Proechimys J. A. Allen, 1899. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 12:257.
TYPE SPECIES: Echimys trinitatis J. A. Allen and Chapman, 1893.
SYNONYMS: Trinomys.
COMMENTS: Traditionally divided into 2 subgenera (Proechimys with 9 species groups distributed in most areas of tropical South America, and Trinomys with four species distributed in Eastern Brazil). This group is very complex with many species and subspecies. Reviewed, in part, by Reig et al. (1980:291-312), Gardner and Emmons (1984), and Patton (1987). May include Hoplomys (see Patton and Reig, 1989). The specific level taxonomy of the group is controversial, and is in need of a major revision. Most of the named forms in Corbet and Hill (1991) and Nowak (1991) are used here pending a revision of the group.
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/1D26FFF6FFD8FFD7FFE1FC69FFB0DF05 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- J. A. Allen
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Echimyidae
- Genus
- Proechimys
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Proechimys Allen, 1899 sec. Woods, 1993
References
- 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.
- 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.
- Patton, J. L. 1987. Species groups of spiny rats, genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 39: 305 - 345.
- Patton, J. L., and O. A. Reig. 1989. Genetic differentiation among echimyid rodents, with an emphasis on spiny rats, genus Proechimys. Pp. 75 - 96, in Advances in Neotropical mammalogy (K. H. Redford and J. F. Eisenberg, eds.). Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL, 614 pp.
- Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp.
- Nowak, R. M. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Fifth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1: 1 - 642; 2: 643 - 1629.