Proechimys cuvieri
| Cuvier's spiny-rat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Tribe: | Myocastorini |
| Genus: | Proechimys |
| Species: | P. cuvieri |
| Binomial name | |
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Proechimys cuvieri Petter, 1978 |
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Cuvier's spiny-rat, Proechimys cuvieri, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, French Guyana, Guyana, Peru and Suriname.
Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. cuvieri belongs to the so-called longicaudatus group of Proechimys species, and shares closer phylogenetic affinities with the other members of this clade: P. longicaudatus and P. brevicauda.
Proechimys simonsi (Simon's spiny rat)
Proechimys semispinosus (Tome's spiny rat)
Proechimys oconnelli (O'Connell's spiny rat)
Proechimys longicaudatus (Long-tailed spiny rat)
Proechimys brevicauda (Short-tailed spiny rat)
Proechimys cuvieri (Cuvier's spiny rat)
Proechimys guyannensis (Guyenne spiny rat)
Proechimys roberti (Roberto's spiny rat)
Proechimys echinothrix (Stiff-spine spiny rat)
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