Proechimys trinitatus (J. A. Allen and Chapman 1893)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1575-1592 : 1588

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scientific name	Proechimys trinitatus (J. A. Allen and Chapman 1893)
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[Proechimys] trinitatus (J. A. Allen and Chapman 1893) , Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 5: 223.

Type Locality: Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad.

Vernacular Names: Trinidad Spiny-rat.

Distribution: Trinidad.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Placed in trinitatus group by Patton (1987). Formerly included in guyannensis ( Reig et al., 1980) . Karyotype has 2n=62 and FN=80 ( Aguilera and Corti, 1994).

References

Aguilera, M., and M. Corti. 1994. Craniometric differentiation and chromosomal speciation of the genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 59: 366 - 377.

Patton, J. L. 1987. Species groups of spiny rats, genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 39: 305 - 345.

Reig, O. A., M. Aguilera, M. A. Barros, and M. Useche. 1980. Chromosomal speciation in a Rassenkreis of Venezuelan spiny rats (genus Proechimys; Rodentia: Echimyidae). Genetica, 52 / 53: 291 - 312.