Common Names
Common Names in English:
Casiragua, Guaira Spiny Rat
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & Mckenna, 1971) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Hystricognatha
()
- Woods, 1976
- Infraorder:
Hystricognathi
()
- Tullberg, 1899
- Parvorder:
Caviida
()
- Bryant & Mckenna, 1995
- Superfamily:
Octodontoidea
()
- (Waterhouse, 1839) Simpson, 1945
- Family:
Echimyidae
()
- (Gray, 1825) Miller & Gidley, 1918:445
- Subfamily:
Heteropsomyinae
()
- Genus:
Proechimys
()
- J.A. Allen, 1899
- Specific name:
guairae
- Thomas, 1901
- Scientific name: - Proechimys guairae Thomas, 1901
- Specific name:
guairae
- Thomas, 1901
- Genus:
Proechimys
(
- Subfamily:
Heteropsomyinae
(
- Family:
Echimyidae
(
- Superfamily:
Octodontoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Caviida
(
- Infraorder:
Hystricognathi
(
- Suborder:
Hystricognatha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-Apr-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Proechimys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 45 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. albispinus (White-Spined Spiny Rat) · P. amphichoricus (Venezuelan Spiny Rat) · P. bolivianus (Bolivian Spiny Rat) · P. brevicauda (Huallaga Spiny Rat) · P. canicollis (Colombian Spiny Rat) · P. cayennensis (Cayenne Spiny Rat) · P. cayennensis hoplomyoides · P. chrysaeolus (Boyaca Spiny Rat) · P. cuvieri (Cuvier's Spiny Rat) · P. decumanus (Pacific Spiny Rat) · P. dimidiatus (Atlantic Spiny Rat) · P. echinothrix · P. gardneri · P. goeldii (Goeldi's Spiny Rat) · P. gorgonae (Gorgona Spiny Rat) · P. guairae (Guaira Spiny Rat) · P. gularis (Ecuadoran Spiny Rat) · P. guyannensis · P. guyannensis oconnelli · P. hendeei (Hendee's Spiny Rat) · P. hoplomyoides (Guyanan Spiny Rat) · P. iheringi (Ihering's Spiny Rat) · P. iheringi iheringi · P. kulinae · P. longicaudatus (Long-Tailed Spiny Rat) · P. magdalenae (Magdalena Spiny Rat) · P. mincae (Minca Spiny Rat) · P. myosuros (Mouse-Tailed Spiny Rat) · P. oconnelli (O'connell's Spiny Rat) · P. oris (Para Spiny Rat) · P. pattoni · P. poliopus (Gray-Footed Spiny Rat) · P. quadruplicatus (Napo Spiny Rat) · P. roberti · P. semiespinosus · P. semispinosus (Tome's Spiny Rat) · P. semispinosus amphichoricus · P. semispinosus burrus · P. setosus (Hairy Spiny Rat) · P. simonsi (Simon's Spiny Rat) · P. steerei (Steere's Spiny Rat) · P. trinitatis (Trinidad Spiny Rat) · P. trinitatus · P. urichi (Sucre Spiny Rat) · P. warreni (Warren's Spiny Rat)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 363, p. 41, p. 620.
- General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. ENG url p. 151.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. [Washington, Biological Society of Washington] ENG url p. 27.
- Studies in neotropical mammalogy: essays in honor of Philip Hershkovitz / edited by Bruce D. Patterson, Robert M. Timm. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1987. ENG url p. 339.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Contreras, L. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Contreras, L. 1996. Proechimys guairae. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
- Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2479262
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-584839
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 584839
- IUCN ID: 18284
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10087
