Armored Rat
Hoplomys gymnurus (Thomas, 1897)
Also calledLanshaarrat (nld) · Lanzenratte (deu) · Panserrotte (nob) · Rat-épineux cuirassé (fra) · Ratto corazzato (ita) · Ratón Puyoso de True (spa) · Ratón puyoso (spa) · kolcozbrojnik nagoogonowy (pol) · koro zemní (ces) · paksupiikkirotta (fin) · rata blindada (spa) · Толстоиглая крыса (rus) · ヨロイトゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6 vol.20 p.550
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Cabrera (1961) placed hoplomyoides Tate, 1939 as a subspecies of gymnurus, but this taxon has been consistently placed in the genus Proechimys by other authors (Handley, 1976; Patton, 1987; Tate, 1939).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
discussion
COMMENTS: Formerly included hoplomyoides which was transferred to Proechimys by Handley (1976: 57).
Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi
discussion
COMMENT: Formerly included hoplomyoides which was transferred to Proechimys by Handley, 1976, Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull. Biol. Ser., 20 (5): 57.
Order Rodentia (Part 6)
activity
Activity patterns. The Armored Rat is nocturnal and terrestrial, and it occupies burrows as resting sites during the day.
Echimyidae
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Every page naming Hoplomys gymnurus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439757.