Boyacá spiny rat

Boyacá spiny rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Genus:	Proechimys
Species:	P. chrysaeolus
Binomial name
Proechimys chrysaeolus (Thomas, 1898)

The Boyacá spiny rat (Proechimys chrysaeolus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Colombia; it is found primary forest in Carare River valley, Boyacá Department,^[2] 100 to 500 meters above sea level. Nocturnal, terrestrial and solitary, it feeds on seeds, fruit and some leaves and insects. It is threatened by habitat loss for mining and agriculture.

References

1. Tirira, D., Boada, C., Weksler, M., Anderson, R. P. & Gómez-Laverde, M. (2008). Proechimys chrysaeolus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
2. Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1585. ISBN 0801882214. Retrieved June 8, 2015.

• 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.