Proechimys pattoni da Silva 1998

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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Type Locality: Brazil, Acre, Igarapé Porongaba, right bank Rio Juruá (72 o 47’W, 08 o 40’S) GoogleMaps .

Vernacular Names: Patton's Spiny-rat.

Distribution: SE Peru, W Amazonia in headwaters of Rio Juruá ( Brazil).

Discussion: Weksler et al. (2001) erroneously cited Patton (1987) as placing in guyannensis group. Molecular analysis suggests affinities with gardneri and kulinae ( Patton et al., 2000) . Karyotype has 2n=40 and FN=56.

References

da Silva, M. N. F. 1998. Four new species of spiny rats of the genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from western Amazon of Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 111 (2): 436 - 471.

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

Patton, J. L., M. N. F. da Silva, and J. R. Malcolm. 2000. Mammals of the Rio Jurua and the evolutionary and ecological diversification of Amazonia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 244: 1 - 306.

Weksler, M., C. R. Bonvicino, I. B. Otazu, and J. S. Silva Junior. 2001. Status of Proechimys roberti and P. oris (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from eastern Amazonia and central Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy, 82 (1): 109 - 122.