Sucre spiny rat

Sucre spiny-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Proechimys
Species: P. urichi
Binomial name
Proechimys urichi
(J.A. Allen, 1899)

The Sucre spiny-rat (Proechimys urichi) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Venezuela.

References

  1. Aguilera, M. & Ochoa, J. (2008). Proechimys urichi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.


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