Simons's spiny rat

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Proechimys simonsi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Echimyinae
Tribe: Myocastorini
Genus: Proechimys
Species:
P. simonsi
Binomial name
Proechimys simonsi
Thomas, 1900
Proechimys simonsi distribution (colored).png
Synonyms

P. hendeeiThomas, 1926

Simons's spiny rat (Proechimys simonsi) is a spiny rat species [2] found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It was named for American scientific collector Perry O. Simons. [3]

Phylogeny

Morphological characters and mitochondrial (cytochrome b) DNA sequences showed that P. simonsi represents one independent evolutionary lineage within the genus Proechimys, without clear phylogenetic affinity for any of the six major groups of species. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Species-level cladogram of the genus Proechimys.
Myocastorini   
   Hoplomys   

  Hoplomys gymnurus

   Proechimys   

  Proechimys canicollis (Colombian spiny rat)

  Proechimys decumanus (Pacific spiny rat)

  Proechimys echinothrix (Stiff-spine spiny rat)

  Proechimys simonsi (Simon's spiny rat)

  group gardneri  
  group semispinosus  
  group guyannensis  
  group longicaudatus  
  group goeldii  
  group trinitatus  
The cladogram has been reconstructed from morphological characters and mitochondrial DNA sequences. [4] [5] [8] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Patton, J.; Percequillo, A. (2016). "Proechimys simonsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T18299A22208022. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18299A22208022.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Proechimys simonsi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  3. ↑ Thomas, Oldfield (1900). "XXXVII.—Descriptions of new Rodents from Western South America". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (33): 294–302. doi:10.1080/00222930008678378.
  4. 1 2 Patton, James L. (1987). "Species groups of spiny rats, genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae)". Fieldiana: Zoology, Studies in Neotropical Mammalogy: Essays in Honor of Philip Hershkovitz. 39: 305–345. ISSN   0015-0754.
  5. 1 2 Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F. (1998). "Four New species of spiny rats of the genus Proechimys (Rodentia : Echimyidae) from the Western Amazon of Brazil". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 111: 436–471. ISSN   0006-324X.
  6. ↑ Patton, Da Silva & Malcolm 2000, p. 205.
  7. 1 2 Patton, James L.; Leite, Rafael N. (2015-03-09). "Genus Proechimys J. A. Allen, 1899". In Patton, James L.; Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J.; D’Elía, Guillermo (eds.). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press. pp. 950–989. ISBN   9780226169606.
  8. ↑ Patton, James L.; Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F.; Malcolm, Jay R. (2000-01-01). "Mammals of the Rio Juruá and the evolutionary and ecological diversification of Amazonia". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 244: 1–306. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)244<0001:MOTRJA>2.0.CO;2 . ISSN   0003-0090.


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