Stiff-spine spiny rat

Stiff-spine spiny-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Proechimys
Species: P. echinothrix
Binomial name
Proechimys echinothrix
da Silva, 1998

The stiff-spine spiny-rat, Proechimys echinothrix, or Tefe spiny rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil and Colombia.

References

  1. Patton, J., Percequillo, A. & Costa, L. (2008). Proechimys echinothrix. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.


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