Goeldi's spiny-rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
Tribe: | Myocastorini |
Genus: | Proechimys |
Species: | P. goeldii |
Binomial name | |
Proechimys goeldii Thomas, 1905 |
Goeldi's spiny-rat, Proechimys goeldii, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.
Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. goeldii belongs to the so-called goeldii group of Proechimys species, and shares closer phylogenetic affinities with the other members of this clade: P. steerei and P. quadruplicatus.
Proechimys simonsi (Simon's spiny rat)
Proechimys semispinosus (Tome's spiny rat)
Proechimys oconnelli (O'Connell's spiny rat)
Proechimys longicaudatus (Long-tailed spiny rat)
Proechimys brevicauda (Short-tailed spiny rat)
Proechimys cuvieri (Cuvier's spiny rat)
Proechimys guyannensis (Guyenne spiny rat)
Proechimys roberti (Roberto's spiny rat)
Proechimys echinothrix (Stiff-spine spiny rat)
Proechimys trinitatus (Trinidad spiny rat)
Proechimys mincae (Minca spiny rat)