Guyenne spiny rat

Guyenne spiny-rat
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Echimyinae
Tribe: Myocastorini
Genus: Proechimys
Species:
P. guyannensis
Binomial name
Proechimys guyannensis
(É. Geoffroy, 1803)
Subspecies

P. g. arabupu Moojen, 1948
P. g. arescens Osgood, 1944
P. g. cherriei Thomas, 1899
P. g. guyannensis (É. Geoffroy, 1803)
P. g. riparum Moojen, 1948
P. g. vacillator Thomas, 1903

Synonyms

P. cayennensis Desmarest, 1817
P. warreni Thomas, 1905

The Guyenne spiny-rat (Proechimys guyannensis) or Cayenne spiny rat, is a spiny rat species found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.

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