Roberto's spiny rat
Roberto's spiny-rat, Proechimys roberti, or Para spiny rat, is a spiny rat species from South America.[3] It is found in Brazil.
| Roberto's Spiny-rat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Tribe: | Myocastorini |
| Genus: | Proechimys |
| Species: | P. roberti |
| Binomial name | |
| Proechimys roberti Thomas, 1901 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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P. oris Thomas, 1904[2] | |
Morphological, karyological, and mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b) data indicate that Proechimys oris is likely a junior synonym of P. roberti.[2]
Phylogeny
Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. roberti belongs to the so-called guyannensis group of Proechimys species, and shares closer phylogenetic affinities with the other member of this clade: P. guyannensis.[4][5][6]
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| The cladogram has been reconstructed from morphological characters and mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b) sequences.[4][5][7][6] |
References
- Weksler, M. (2016). "Proechimys roberti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18294A22207886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18294A22207886.en.
- Marcelo, Weksler; R., Bonvicino, Cibele; B., Otazu, Ivone; S., Silva, José (2001-02-01). "Status of Proechimys Roberti and P. Oris (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from Eastern Amazonia and Central Brazil". Journal of Mammalogy. 82 (1): 109–122. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2001)082<0109:soprap>2.0.co;2. ISSN 0022-2372.
- Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Proechimys roberti". 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.
- Patton, James L. (1987). "Species groups of spiny rats, genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae)". Fieldiana: Zoology, Studies in Neotropical Mammalogy: Essays in Honor of Philip Hershkovitz. 39: 305–345. ISSN 0015-0754.
- Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F. (1998). "Four New species of spiny rats of the genus Proechimys (Rodentia : Echimyidae) from the Western Amazon of Brazil". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 111: 436–471. ISSN 0006-324X.
- Patton, James L.; Leite, Rafael N. (2015-03-09). "Genus Proechimys J. A. Allen, 1899". In Patton, James L.; Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J.; D’Elía, Guillermo (eds.). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press. pp. 950–989. ISBN 9780226169606.
- Patton, James L.; Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F.; Malcolm, Jay R. (2000-01-01). "Mammals of the Rio Juruá and the evolutionary and ecological diversification of Amazonia". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 244: 1–306. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)244<0001:MOTRJA>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/1593. ISSN 0003-0090.
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