The short-tailed spiny-rat (Proechimys brevicauda) or Huallaga spiny rat, is a spiny rat species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru....
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The red-crested tree-rat or Santa Marta toro (Santamartamys rufodorsalis) is a species of tree-rat found in the monotypic genus Santamartamys in the family...
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Nutria (redirect from Neutral rat)
Myocastor has since been included within Echimyidae, the family of the spiny rats. The nutria lives in burrows alongside stretches of water and feeds...
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The Plain brush-tailed rat (Isothrix pagurus) is a spiny rat species found in Brazil. Bonvicino, C.R. (2016). "Isothrix pagurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened...
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List of mammals of South America (category Articles with short description)
Genus: Proechimys Short-tailed spiny rat, Proechimys brevicauda LC Colombian spiny rat, Proechimys canicollis LC Boyacá spiny rat, Proechimys chrysaeolus...
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The Rio Negro brush-tailed rat or dark brush-tailed tree rat (Isothrix negrensis), is a spiny rat species found in Brazil. Patton, J. (2016). "Isothrix...
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Tome's spiny rat (Proechimys semispinosus), also known as Tomes' spiny rat or the Central American spiny rat, is a species of spiny rat distributed from...
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long-tailed spiny rat (Proechimys longicaudatus) is a spiny rat species found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. The long-tailed spiny rat is a large rat with...
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The mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny-rat (Trinomys myosuros) is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil. Brito, D.; Leite, Y. & Patterson...
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Robert's spiny-rat (Proechimys roberti) or Para spiny rat, is a spiny rat species found in Brazil. This species is named after the collector Alphonso Robert...
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The Guyanan spiny-rat (Proechimys hoplomyoides) is a spiny rat species found in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. The species was first described by George...
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The tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat or furtive spiny tree-rat (Mesomys occultus) is a spiny rat species known from Amazonas, northwestern Brazil, where it...
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The Atlantic spiny rats are all found in the genus Trinomys. They are a group of South American spiny-rats in the family Echimyidae. Based on Natureserve...
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The Boyacá spiny rat (Proechimys chrysaeolus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Colombia; it is found primary forest in...
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The Magdalena spiny rat (Proechimys magdalenae) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Colombia. Morphological characters and...
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List of least concern mammals (category Articles with short description)
Colombian spiny rat Cuvier's spiny rat Stiff-spine spiny rat Goeldi's spiny rat Guaira spiny rat Guyenne spiny rat Long-tailed spiny rat Patton's spiny rat Napo...
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Myocastorini (category Articles with short description)
(armored rats), and both form a clade of lowland rainforest terrestrial spiny rats. On the other hand, Callistomys (painted tree-rats) is the sister group...
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The painted tree-rat (Callistomys pictus) is a species of spiny rat from Brazil, restricted to north-eastern Bahia in eastern Brazil. It is the only species...
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List of rodents (category Articles with short description)
Betsileo short-tailed rat Brachyuromys ramirohitra - gregarious short-tailed rat Genus Eliurus Eliurus antsingy - Tsingy tufted-tailed rat Eliurus carletoni...
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List of mammals of Brazil (category Articles with short description)
Proechimys kulinae Long-tailed spiny rat, Proechimys longicaudatus Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny rat, Proechimys myosuros Roberto's spiny rat, Proechimys roberti...
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Ferreira's spiny tree-rat (Mesomys hispidus) is a spiny rat species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname...
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The Guaira spiny-rat (Proechimys guairae) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Venezuela. It is commonly referred to as 'casiragua'...
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Owl's spiny rat (Carterodon sulcidens) is a rodent species in the family Echimyidae found in Brazil. It is the only species in the genus Carterodon. Owl's...
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The short-furred Atlantic tree-rat or Wagner's Atlantic tree rat (Phyllomys unicolor), is a spiny rat species found in Brazil. Loss, C.; Leite, Y. (2016)...
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The Kulina spiny-rat (Proechimys kulinae) or Javari spiny rat, is a spiny rat species found in Brazil and Peru. Morphological characters and mitochondrial...
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The Sucre spiny-rat (Proechimys urichi) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Venezuela. Morphological characters and mitochondrial...
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The stiff-spine spiny-rat (Proechimys echinothrix) or Tefe spiny rat, is a spiny rat species found in Brazil and Colombia. Morphological characters and...
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The Minca spiny rat (Proechimys mincae) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Colombia. Morphological characters and mitochondrial...
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Goeldi's spiny-rat (Proechimys goeldii) is a spiny rat species found in Brazil. Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences...
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Echimyidae (category Articles with short description)
predators long enough for the spiny rat to escape. Unlike the tails of some species of lizards, however, the tails of spiny rats do not regenerate. Therefore...
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