Minca Spiny Rat
Proechimys mincae (J.A.Allen, 1899)
Also calledCasiragua de la Sierra Nevada (spa) · Minca-Kurzstachelratte (deu) · Rat-épineux de Minca (fra) · kolczakowiec schowany (pol) · mincanpiikkirotta (fin) · ミンカトゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol.12 p.198
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Placed in the trinitatis group (Patton, 1987). Karyotype has 2 n = 48 and FN = 68 (Gardner and Emmons, 1984).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
distribution
Distribution: N Colombia below 500 m in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Colombia, Dept. Magdalena, Minca near Santa Marta.
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
discussion
COMMENTS: Subgenus Proechimys. Recognized in Corbet and Hill (1991: 205), Nowak (1991: 943) and Emmons and Feer (1990: 274), but not in Eisenberg (1989).
Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439775.