Pacific spiny rat Species of mammals belonging to the spiny rat family of rodents
The Pacific spiny rat (Proechimys decumanus rodent in the family Echimyidae .[ 2] Ecuador and Peru .
Phylogeny
Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. decumanus represents one independent evolutionary lineage within the genus Proechimys , without clear phylogenetic affinity for any of the 6 major groups of species.[ 3] [ 4]
Species-level cladogram of the genus Proechimys .
The cladogram has been reconstructed from morphological characters and mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b ) sequences.[ 3] [ 5] [ 6] [ 4]
References
↑ 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 ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538– 1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0 OCLC 62265494 . 1 2 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 .1 2 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 950– 989. ISBN 978-0-226-16960-6 ↑ 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 .
