Guyenne spiny rat

Guyenne spiny-rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Genus:	Proechimys
Species:	P. guyannensis (E. Geoffroy, 1803)
Binomial name
Proechimys guyannensis
Subspecies
P. g. arabupu Moojen, 1948 P. g. arescens Osgood, 1944 P. g. cherriei Thomas, 1899 P. g. guyannensis (E. Geoffroy, 1803) P. g. riparum Moojen, 1948 P. g. vacillator Thomas, 1903
Synonyms
P. cayennensis Desmarest, 1817 P. warreni Thomas, 1905

The Guyenne spiny-rat, Proechimys guyannensis, or Cayenne spiny rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guyana, Guyana, Surinam and Venezuela.

Notes

1. Catzeflis, F. & Patton, J. (2008). Proechimys guyannensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.

References

• 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.