Proechimys hoplomyoides Tate 1939

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1575-1592 : 1586

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11347665
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scientific name	Proechimys hoplomyoides Tate 1939
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Proechimys hoplomyoides Tate 1939 View in CoL

Proechimys hoplomyoides Tate 1939 View in CoL , Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 76: 179.

Type Locality: Venezuela, Bolivar Prov., Mt. Roraima ( 2,000 m).

Vernacular Names: Guyanan Spiny-rat.

Distribution: SE Venezuela, adjacent Guyana and Brazil.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Erroneously considered a subspecies of Hoplomys gymnurus by Cabrera (1961). Placed in the trinitatus group by Patton (1987).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Echimyidae
SubFamily	Eumysopinae
Genus	Proechimys

Proechimys hoplomyoides Tate 1939

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

Proechimys hoplomyoides

Tate 1939: 179

1939

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