Long-tailed Spiny Rat
Proechimys longicaudatus (Rengger, 1830)
Also calledLangschwanz-Kurzstachelratte (deu) · Rat-épineux longicaude (fra) · Rato-de-espinho-de rabo-longo (por) · kolczakowiec długoogonowy (pol) · paraguaynpiikkirotta (fin) · Длиннохвостая щетинистая крыса (rus) · オナガギアラトゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Naturgesch. Säugeth Paraguay p.236
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Placed in longicaudatus group by Patton (1987). Formerly included brevicauda and roberti (Moojen, 1948). Includes ribeiroi and villacauda (J. Patton in litt.). Karyotype has 2 n = 28 and FN = 48 (Leal-Mesquita, 1991).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
discussion
COMMENTS: Subgenus Proechimys. Formerly included brevicauda (Reig et al., 1980). The chromosome no. is 2 n = 28.
Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi
discussion
COMMENT: Formerly included brevicauda; see Reig et al., 1980: 291 - 312, in Voronstov and Van Brink, eds., Animal genetics and evolution, Junk, The Hague. Patton and Gardner, 1972, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 44, reported the karyotype of this species, from E. Peru.
Order Rodentia (Part 6)
activity
Activity patterns. There is no specific information about this species, but the Longtailed Spiny-rat is generally regarded as terrestrial and nocturnal.
Echimyidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439764.