Pacific spiny rat
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| Species: | P. decumanus
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| Proechimys decumanus (Thomas, 1899)
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The Pacific Spiny Rat (Proechimys decumanus) is a species of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Proechimys decumanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.