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 | |
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.