Tome's spiny rat
| Tome's spiny-rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Tribe: | Myocastorini |
| Genus: | Proechimys |
| Species: | P. semispinosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Proechimys semispinosus (Tomes, 1860) | |
| Subspecies | |
|
P. s. burrus Bangs, 1901 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
P. gorgonae Bangs, 1905 | |
Tome's spiny rat (Proechimys semispinosus), also known as Tomes' spiny rat or the Central American spiny rat, is a species of spiny rat distributed from Honduras to Ecuador. The IUCN has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".