Guyanan spiny rat

Guyanan Spiny-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Proechimys
Species: P. hoplomyoides
Binomial name
Proechimys hoplomyoides
Tate, 1939

The Guyanan Spiny-rat, Proechimys hoplomyoides, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela.

References

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


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