Proechimys semispinosus (Tomes 1860)

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

Proechimys semispinosus (Tomes 1860)

[Proechimys] semispinosus (Tomes 1860) , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860: 265.

Type Locality: Ecuador, Esmeraldas Prov., Esmeraldas.

Vernacular Names: Tome's Spiny-rat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Proechimys semispinosus subsp. semispinosus Tomes 1860

Subspecies Proechimys semispinosus subsp. burrus Bang 1901

Subspecies Proechimys semispinosus subsp. calidior Thomas 1911

Subspecies Proechimys semispinosus subsp. centralis Thomas 1896

Subspecies Proechimys semispinosus subsp. colombianus Thomas 1914

Subspecies Proechimys semispinosus subsp. goldmani Bole 1937

Subspecies Proechimys semispinosus subsp. ignotus Kellogg 1946

Subspecies Proechimys semispinosus subsp. panamensis Thomas 1900

Subspecies Proechimys semispinosus subsp. rosa Thomas 1900

Subspecies Proechimys semispinosus subsp. rubellus Hollister 1914

Distribution: SE Honduras to SW Ecuador.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as P. gorgonae , Lower Risk (lc) as P. semispinosus .

Discussion: Placed in semispinosus group ( Patton, 1987). Formerly included in amphichoricus ; see Reig et al. (1980) who used the name centralis for animals assigned to semispinosus from N Venezuela. Gardner (1983 b) discussed the taxonomic history of this species and corrected the type locality. Karyotype has 2n=30 and FN=50-54 ( Gardner and Emmons, 1984; Patton and Gardner, 1972). Includes gorgonae based on lack of karyotypic difference between populations on Gorgonae Isl and mainland of Colombia (Gómez-Laverde et al., 1990).