Short-tailed Spiny-rat

Short-tailed Spiny-rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Proechimys
Species: P. brevicauda
Binomial name
Proechimys brevicauda
(Gunther, 1877)
Synonyms

P. bolivianus Thomas, 1901
P. gularis Thomas, 1911

The Short-tailed Spiny-rat, Proechimys brevicauda, or Huallaga Spiny Rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

References

  1. ^ Gómez-Laverde, M., Patton, J. & Percequillo, A. (2008). Proechimys brevicauda. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.