• Source: Stiff-spine spiny rat

The stiff-spine spiny-rat (Proechimys echinothrix) or Tefe spiny rat, is a spiny rat species found in Brazil and Colombia.




Phylogeny


Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. echinothrix represents one independent evolutionary lineage within the genus Proechimys, without clear phylogenetic affinity for any of the 6 major groups of species.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Stiff-spine spiny rat
• Soft-spined Atlantic spiny rat
• Nutria
• Myocastorini
• Painted tree-rat
• Tome's spiny rat
• Armored rat
• White-spined Atlantic spiny rat
• Hairy Atlantic spiny rat
• Spiked Atlantic spiny rat