Guyenne spiny rat

Guyenne spiny-rat
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Echimyinae
Tribe:	Myocastorini
Genus:	Proechimys
Species:	P. guyannensis
Binomial name
	Proechimys guyannensis; (E. Geoffroy, 1803)
Subspecies
	P. g. arabupu Moojen, 1948; P. g. arescens Osgood, 1944; P. g. cherriei Thomas, 1899; P. g. guyannensis (E. Geoffroy, 1803); P. g. riparum Moojen, 1948; P. g. vacillator Thomas, 1903
Synonyms
	P. cayennensis Desmarest, 1817; P. warreni Thomas, 1905

The Guyenne spiny-rat (Proechimys guyannensis) or Cayenne spiny rat, is a spiny rat species found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.

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