Napo spiny rat
Napo spiny rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Genus: | Proechimys |
Species: | P. quadruplicatus |
Binomial name | |
Proechimys quadruplicatus Hershkovitz, 1948 | |
Synonyms | |
amphichoricus Moojen, 1948 |
The Napo spiny rat, Proechimys quadruplicatus, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
References
- ↑ Ochoa, J. & Aguillera, M. (2008). Proechimys quadruplicatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- Infonatura
- Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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