Guyenne spiny rat
| Guyenne Spiny-rat | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | Proechimys |
| Species: | P. guyannensis (E. Geoffroy, 1803) |
| Binomial name | |
| Proechimys guyannensis | |
| Subspecies | |
|
P. g. arabupu Moojen, 1948 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
P. cayennensis Desmarest, 1817 | |
The Guyenne Spiny-rat, Proechimys guyannensis, or Cayenne Spiny Rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guyana, Guyana, Surinam and Venezuela.
Notes
- ↑ Catzeflis, F. & Patton, J. (2008). Proechimys guyannensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
References
- Infonatura
- 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.