Species of mammals belonging to the spiny rat family of rodents
Pacific spiny rat
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Echimyidae
Subfamily:
Echimyinae
Tribe:
Myocastorini
Genus:
Proechimys
Species:
P. decumanus
Binomial name
Proechimys decumanus
(Thomas, 1899)
The Pacific spiny rat (Proechimys decumanus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae.[2] It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
^Roach, N.; Naylor, L. (2016). "Proechimys decumanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18280A22208822. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18280A22208822.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Proechimys decumanus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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