Proechimys mincae J. A. Allen 1899

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 : 1587

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Proechimys mincae J. A. Allen 1899 View in CoL

Proechimys mincae J. A. Allen 1899 View in CoL , Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 12: 198.

Type Locality: Colombia, Dept. Magdalena, Minca near Santa Marta.

Vernacular Names: Minca Spiny Rat.

Distribution: N Colombia below 500 m in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Placed in the trinitatis group ( Patton, 1987). Karyotype has 2n=48 and FN=68 ( Gardner and Emmons, 1984).

References

Gardner, A. L., and L. H. Emmons. 1984. Species groups in Proechimys (Rodentia, Echimyidae) as indicated by karyology and bullar morphology. Journal of Mammalogy, 65: 10 - 25.

Helgen, K. M., and D. E. Wilson. in press. A systematic and zoogeographic overview of the raccoons of Mexico and Central America. Instituto de Biologia, UNAM, Mexico.

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