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Proechimys  J. A. Allen, 1899
Taxonomic Serial No.: 584648

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderHystricomorpha Brandt, 1855  
                                     InfraorderHystricognathi Brandt, 1855 – hystricognath rodents  
                                        FamilyEchimyidae Gray, 1825 – hutias, South American spiny-rats, coypu  
                                           SubfamilyEchimyinae Gray, 1825  
                                              TribeMyocastorini Ameghino, 1902  
                                                 GenusProechimys J. A. Allen, 1899  
    Direct Children:  
                                                    Species Proechimys brevicauda (Günther, 1877) – Short-tailed Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys canicollis (J. A. Allen, 1899) – Colombian Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys chrysaeolus (Thomas, 1898) – Boyacá Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys cuvieri Petter, 1978 – Cuvier's Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys decumanus (Thomas, 1899) – Pacific Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys echinothrix da Silva, 1998 – Stiff-spine Spiny-rat, Stiff-spined Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys gardneri da Silva, 1998 – Gardner's Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys goeldii Thomas, 1905 – Goeldi's Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys guairae Thomas, 1901 – Guaira Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys guyannensis (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) – Guyenne Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys hoplomyoides Tate, 1939 – Guyanan Spiny-rat, Guianan Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys kulinae da Silva, 1998 – Kulina Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys longicaudatus (Rengger, 1830) – Long-tailed Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys mincae (J. A. Allen, 1899) – Minca Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys oconnelli J. A. Allen, 1913 – O'Connell's Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys pattoni da Silva, 1998 – Patton's Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys quadruplicatus Hershkovitz, 1948 – Napo Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys roberti Thomas, 1901 – Roberto's Spiny-rat, Robert's Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys semispinosus (Tomes, 1860) – Tome's Spiny-rat, Tomes's Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys simonsi Thomas, 1900 – Simon's Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys steerei Goldman, 1911 – Steere's Spiny-rat 
                                                    Species Proechimys trinitatis (J. A. Allen and Chapman, 1893) – Trinidad Spiny-rat 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Charles A. Woods  
  Notes: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2035   
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Proechimys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., T. E. Lacher Jr., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I   
  Page(s): 987   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-941892-34   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Proechimys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 1538-1600   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Proechimys   
       

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