Simon's spiny rat
Simon's spiny rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Genus: | Proechimys |
Species: | P. simonsi |
Binomial name | |
Proechimys simonsi Thomas, 1900 | |
Synonyms | |
hendeei Thomas, 1926 |
Simon's spiny rat, Proechimys simonsi, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
References
- ↑ Patton, J. & Percequillo, A. (2008). Proechimys simonsi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- Infonatura
- Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
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