Species-level cladogram of the genus Proechimys, based on morphological and molecular characters.[1] [2]


Usage

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{{Cladogram of Proechimys species}}

yields:

Myocastorini  
  Hoplomys  

  Hoplomys gymnurus

  Proechimys  

  Proechimys canicollis (Colombian spiny rat)

  Proechimys decumanus (Pacific spiny rat)

  Proechimys echinothrix (Stiff-spine spiny rat)

  Proechimys simonsi (Simon's spiny rat)

  group gardneri  
  group semispinosus  
  group guyannensis  
  group longicaudatus  
  group goeldii  
  group trinitatus  


See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.