Trinidad spiny rat
The Trinidad spiny rat (Proechimys trinitatis[2][3]) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Trinidad and Tobago and northern Venezuela.
| Trinidad 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. trinitatis |
| Binomial name | |
| Proechimys trinitatis (J.A. Allen & Chapman, 1893) | |
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Phylogeny
Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. trinitatus belongs to the so-called trinitatus group of Proechimys species, and shares closer phylogenetic affinities with the other members of this clade: P. mincae, P. guairae, P. poliopus, P. magdalenae, P. chrysaeolus, P. urichi, and P. hoplomyoides.[4][5][6][7]
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| The cladogram has been reconstructed from morphological characters and mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b) sequences.[4][5][6][7] |
References
- McKnight, M. & Emmons, L. (2008). "Proechimys trinitatis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "ITIS Standard Report Page: Proechimys trinitatis". www.itis.gov.
- Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Proechimys trinitatis". 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.; Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F.; Malcolm, Jay R. (2000-01-25). "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. ISSN 0003-0090.
- 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.
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