Proechimys

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Proechimys
Fossil range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Eumysopinae
Genus: Proechimys
J. A. Allen, 1899
Species

Proechimys brevicauda
Proechimys canicollis
Proechimys chrysaeolus
Proechimys cuvieri
Proechimys decumanus
Proechimys echinothrix
Proechimys gardneri
Proechimys goeldii
Proechimys guairae
Proechimys guyannensis
Proechimys hoplomyoides
Proechimys kulinae
Proechimys longicaudatus
Proechimys magdalenae
Proechimys mincae
Proechimys oconnelli
Proechimys pattoni
Proechimys poliopus
Proechimys quadruplicatus
Proechimys roberti
Proechimys semispinosus
Proechimys simonsi
Proechimys steerei
Proechimys trinitatus
Proechimys urichi

Proechimys is a genus of spiny rat.

[edit] References

  • 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.