Simon's Spiny Rat
Proechimys simonsi Thomas, 1900
Also calledCasiragua de Simons (spa) · Pericota (spa) · Rat-épineux de Simons (fra) · Rato-de-espinho (por) · Ratto spinoso di Simon (ita) · Simons-Kurzstachelratte (deu) · chachapoyasinpiikkirotta (fin) · junininpiikkirotta (fin) · kolczakowiec nadrzeczny (pol) · koro Hendeeův (ces) · ヘンディートゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag.Nat. Hist., ser. 7 vol.6 p.300
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as P. simonsi and P. hendeei.
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
discussion
Discussion: Placed in simonsi group by Patton (1987). Gardner and Emmons (1984) included hendeei; considered a separate species by Eisenberg and Redford (1999). Karyotype has 2 n = 32 and FN = 58 (Gardner and Emmons, 1984; Patton and Gardner, 1972).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
distribution
Distribution: Western Amazon Basin from S Colombia to N Bolivia and W Brazil.
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
discussion
COMMENTS: Subgenus Proechimys. Includes hendeei in Corbet and Hill (1991: 206) and Eisenberg (1989: 403). The chromosome no. is 2 n = 32; FN = 44.
Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Proechimys simonsi in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439769.