Short-tailed spiny rat

The short-tailed spiny-rat (Proechimys brevicauda) or Huallaga spiny rat, is a spiny rat species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

Short-tailed spiny-rat
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Echimyinae
Tribe: Myocastorini
Genus: Proechimys
Species:
P. brevicauda
Binomial name
Proechimys brevicauda
(Günther, 1877)
Synonyms

P. bolivianus Thomas, 1901
P. gularis Thomas, 1911

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