Proechimys

Proechimys Temporal 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 South American spiny rats of the family Echimyidae.^[1]

References

^ Woods, Charles A.; Kilpatrick, C. William (16 November 2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi (pp. 1538-1600)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400477.

Extant species of family Echimyidae (Spiny rats)

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Hystricomorpha · Infraorder: Hystricognathi · Parvorder: Caviomorpha

Dactylomyinae

Dactylomys	Bolivian Bamboo Rat (D. boliviensis) · Amazon Bamboo Rat (D. dactylinus) · Montane Bamboo Rat (D. peruanus)

Kannabateomys	Atlantic Bamboo Rat (K. amblyonyx)

Olallamys	White-tailed Olalla Rat (O. albicauda) · Greedy Olalla Rat (O. edax)

Echimyinae

Callistomys	Painted Tree-rat (C. pictus)

Diplomys	Colombian Soft-furred Spiny-rat (D. caniceps) · Rufous Soft-furred Spiny-rat (D. labilis) · Red Crested Soft-furred Spiny-rat (D. rufodorsalis)

Echimys	White-faced Spiny Tree-rat (E. chrysurus) · Dark Spiny Tree-rat (E. saturnus) · Speckled Spiny Tree-rat (E. semivillosus)

Isothrix	Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat (I. bistriata) · Rio Negro Brush-tailed Rat (I. negrensis) · Plain Brush-tailed Rat (I. pagurus) · Sinnamary Brush-tailed Rat (I. sinnamariensis)

Makalata	Red-nosed Armored Tree-rat (M. didelphoides) · Giant Armored Tree-rat (M. grandis) · Long-tailed Armored Tree-rat (M. macrura) · Dark Armored Tree Rat (M. obscura) · Bare-tailed Armored Tree-rat (M. occasius) · Peruvian Armored Tree-rat (M. rhipidura)

Phyllomys	Golden Atlantic Tree-rat (P. blainvillii) · Orange-brown Atlantic Tree-rat (P. brasiliensis) · Drab Atlantic Tree-rat (P. dasythrix) · Kerr's Atlantic Tree-rat (P. kerri) · Pallid Atlantic Tree-rat (P. lamarum) · Lund's Atlantic Tree-rat (P. lundi) · Mantiqueira Atlantic Tree-rat (P. mantiqueirensis) · Long-furred Atlantic Tree-rat (P. medius) · Blacked-spined Atlantic Tree-rat (P. nigrispinus) · Rusty-sided Atlantic Tree-rat (P. pattoni) · Giant Atlantic Tree-rat (P. thomasi) · Short-furred Atlantic Tree-rat (P. unicolor)

Eumysopinae

Carterodon	Owl's Spiny Rat (C. sulcidens)

Clyomys	Bishop's Fossorial Spiny Rat (C. bishopi) · Broad-headed Spiny Rat (C. laticeps)

Euryzygomatomys	Brandt's Guiara (E. guiara) · Fischer's Guiara (E. spinosus)

Hoplomys	Armored Rat (H. gymnurus)

Lonchothrix	Tuft-tailed Spiny Tree Rat (L. emiliae)

Mesomys	Ferreira's Spiny Tree-rat (M. hispidus) · Woolly-headed Spiny Tree-rat (M. leniceps) · Tufted-tailed Spiny Tree-rat (M. occultus) · Pará Spiny Tree Rat (M. stimulax)

Proechimys	Short-tailed Spiny-rat (P. brevicauda) · Colombian Spiny-rat (P. canicollis) · Boyacá Spiny Rat (P. chrysaeolus) · Cuvier's Spiny-rat (P. cuvieri) · Pacific Spiny-rat (P. decumanus) · Stiff-spine Spiny-rat (P. echinothrix) · Gardner's Spiny-rat (P. gardneri) · Goeldi's Spiny-rat (P. goeldii) · Guaira Spiny-rat (P. guairae) · Guyenne Spiny-rat (P. guyannensis) · Guyanan Spiny-rat (P. hoplomyoides) · Kulina Spiny-rat (P. kulinae) · Long-tailed Spiny-rat (P. longicaudatus) · Magdalena Spiny Rat (P. magdalenae) · Minca Spiny Rat (P. mincae) · O'Connell's Spiny-rat (P. oconnelli) · Patton's Spiny-rat (P. pattoni) · Gray-footed Spiny-rat (P. poliopus) · Napo Spiny-rat (P. quadruplicatus) · Roberto's Spiny-rat (P. roberti) · Tome's Spiny-rat (P. semispinosus) · Simon's Spiny-rat (P. simonsi) · Steere's Spiny-rat (P. steerei) · Trinidad Spiny-rat (P. trinitatus) · Sucre Spiny-rat (P. urichi)

Thrichomys	Common Punaré (T. apereoides) · Highlands Punaré (T. inermis) · Paraguayan Punaré (T. pachyurus)

Trinomys	White-spined Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. albispinus) · Soft-spined Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. dimidiatus) · Elias' Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. eliasi) · Gracile Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. gratiosus) · Ihering's Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. iheringi) · Dark-caped Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. mirapitanga) · Moojen's Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. moojeni) · Mouse-tailed Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. myosuros) · Spiked Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. paratus) · Hairy Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. setosus) · Yonenaga's Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. yonenagae)