Pacific Spiny Rat
Proechimys decumanus (Thomas, 1899)
Also calledPazifik-Kurzstachelratte (deu) · Rat-épineux cotier (fra) · Ratto spinoso del Pacifico (ita) · guayasinpiikkirotta (fin) · kolczakowiec pacyficzny (pol) · オオギアラトゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7 vol.4 p.282
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Placed in brevicauda group by Gardner and Emmons (1984), but Patton (1987) recognized it as the sole representative of a decumanus group. Listed as a subspecies of guyannensis by Cabrera (1961), but as a species by Emmons and Feer (1990, 1997). Karyotype has 2 n = 30 and FN = 54 (Gardner and Emmons, 1984).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
discussion
COMMENTS: Subgenus Proechimys. Listed as a subspecies of cayennensis (= guyannensis) by Cabrera (1961: 520), but as a species by Corbet and Hill (1991: 205), Nowak (1991: 943) and Emmons and Feer (1990).
Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi
activity
Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but the Pacific Spiny-rat is assumed to be nocturnal and terrestrial.
Echimyidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Dry lowland, semideciduous rainforest along the coast and lower foothills of western slope of the Andes from sea level to elevations of ¢. 800 m.
Echimyidae
In the stacks
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Every page naming Proechimys decumanus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439781.