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