Proechimys semispinosus

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Proechimys semispinosus Fossil range: Recent
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Echimyidae Genus: Proechimys Species: P. semispinosus
Binomial name
Proechimys semispinosus (Tome, 1860)
P. s. burrus Bangs, 1901 P. s. calidior Thomas, 1911 P. s. centralis (Thomas, 1896) P. s. colombianus Thomas, 1914 P. s. goldmani Bole, 1937 P. s. ignotus Kellogg, 1946 P. s. panamensis Thomas, 1900 P. s. rosa Thomas, 1900 P. s. rubellus Hollister, 1914 P. s. semispinosus (Tomes, 1860)
Synonyms
gorgonae Bangs, 1905

Proechimys semispinosus, also known as the Central American spiny rat, is a species of spiny rat distributed from Honduras to Ecuador. The IUCN classifies it as least concern under P. semispinosus and near threatened as P. gorgonae.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Proechimys gorgonae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
• Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.