Guaira spiny rat
| Guaira Spiny-rat | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | Proechimys |
| Species: | P. guairae |
| Binomial name | |
| Proechimys guairae Thomas, 1901 | |
The Guaira Spiny-rat (Proechimys guairae) is a species of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela.
References
- ↑ Aguillera, M. & Ochoa, J. (2008). Proechimys guiarae. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- 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.