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Proechimys brevicauda

Short-tailed spiny-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Echimyinae
Tribe: Myocastorini
Genus: Proechimys
Species: P. brevicauda
Binomial name
Proechimys brevicauda
(Gunther, 1877)
Synonyms

P. bolivianus Thomas, 1901
P. gularis Thomas, 1911


P. bolivianus Thomas, 1901
P. gularis Thomas, 1911

The short-tailed spiny-rat, Proechimys brevicauda, or Huallaga spiny rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. brevicauda belongs to the so-called longicaudatus group of Proechimys species, and shares closer phylogenetic affinities with the other members of this clade: P. longicaudatus and P. cuvieri.

   Proechimys simonsi (Simon's spiny rat)

   Proechimys semispinosus (Tome's spiny rat)

   Proechimys gorgonae

   Proechimys oconnelli (O'Connell's spiny rat)

   Proechimys longicaudatus (Long-tailed spiny rat)

   Proechimys brevicauda (Short-tailed spiny rat)

   Proechimys gularis

   Proechimys cuvieri (Cuvier's spiny rat)

   Proechimys guyannensis (Guyenne spiny rat)

   Proechimys roberti (Roberto's spiny rat)

   Proechimys oris


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