Roberto's spiny rat

Roberto's Spiny-rat
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Genus:	Proechimys
Species:	P. roberti
Binomial name
Proechimys roberti Thomas, 1901
Synonyms
oris Thomas, 1904

Roberto's spiny-rat, Proechimys roberti, or Para spiny rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

References

1. Weksler, M. & Bonvicino, C. (2008). Proechimys roberti. 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.