Species of mammals belonging to the spiny rat family of rodents
Proechimys simonsi |
Conservation status |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
Scientific classification |
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 |
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Synonyms |
P. hendeei Thomas, 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][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 | | Proechimys kulinae (Kulina spiny rat) | | | | Proechimys gardneri (Gardner's spiny rat) | | | Proechimys pattoni (Patton's spiny rat) | | | | | | group semispinosus | | Proechimys gorgonae | | | Proechimys oconnelli (O'Connell's spiny rat) | | | Proechimys semispinosus (Tome's spiny rat) | | | | group guyannensis | | Proechimys boimensis | | | Proechimys guyannensis (Guyenne spiny rat) | | | Proechimys oris | | | Proechimys roberti (Roberto's spiny rat) | | | | group longicaudatus | | Proechimys cuvieri (Cuvier's spiny rat) | | | | Proechimys brevicauda (Short-tailed spiny rat) | | | Proechimys gularis | | | Proechimys longicaudatus (Long-tailed spiny rat) | | | | | | group goeldii | | Proechimys amphichoricus | | | Proechimys goeldii (Goeldi's spiny rat) | | | Proechimys hyleae | | | Proechimys quadruplicatus (Napo spiny rat) | | | Proechimys steerei (Steere's spiny rat) | | | | group trinitatus | | Proechimys chrysaeolus (Boyacá spiny rat) | | | Proechimys guairae (Guaira spiny rat) | | | Proechimys hoplomyoides (Guyanan spiny rat) | | | Proechimys magdalenae (Magdalena spiny rat) | | | Proechimys mincae (Minca spiny rat) | | | Proechimys poliopus (Gray-footed spiny rat) | | | Proechimys trinitatus (Trinidad spiny rat) | | | Proechimys urichi (Sucre spiny rat) | | | | | | | | |
The cladogram has been reconstructed from morphological characters and mitochondrial DNA sequences.[4][5][8][7] |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
Extant species of family Echimyidae (Spiny rats), including Myocastoridae (Coypus) and Capromyidae (Hutias)
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Echimyinae | Echimyini | Dactylomys | - Bolivian bamboo rat (D. boliviensis)
- Amazon bamboo rat (D. dactylinus)
- Montane bamboo rat (D. peruanus)
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Diplomys | - Colombian soft-furred spiny rat (D. caniceps)
- Rufous soft-furred spiny rat (D. labilis)
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Echimys | - White-faced spiny tree-rat (E. chrysurus)
- Dark spiny tree-rat (E. saturnus)
- Vieira's spiny tree-rat (E. vieirai)
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Isothrix | - I. barbarabrownae
- Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat (I. bistriata)
- Rio Negro brush-tailed rat (I. negrensis)
- Plain brush-tailed rat (I. pagurus)
- Sinnamary brush-tailed rat (I. sinnamariensis)
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Kannabateomys | - Atlantic bamboo rat (K. amblyonyx)
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Lonchothrix | - Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat (L. emiliae)
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Makalata | - Red-nosed armored tree-rat (M. didelphoides)
- Long-tailed armored tree-rat (M. macrura)
- Dark armored tree-rat (M. obscura)
- Peruvian armored tree-rat (M. rhipidura)
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Mesomys | - Ferreira's spiny tree-rat (M. hispidus)
- Woolly-headed spiny tree-rat (M. leniceps)
- Tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat (M. occultus)
- Pará spiny tree-rat (M. stimulax)
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Olallamys | - White-tailed olalla rat (O. albicauda)
- Greedy olalla rat (O. edax)
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Pattonomys | - Bare-tailed armored tree-rat (P. occasius)
- Speckled spiny tree-rat (P. semivillosus)
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Phyllomys | - Golden Atlantic tree-rat (P. blainvillii)
- Orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat (P. brasiliensis)
- Drab Atlantic tree-rat (P. dasythrix)
- Kerr's Atlantic tree-rat (P. kerri)
- Pallid Atlantic tree-rat (P. lamarum)
- Lund's Atlantic tree-rat (P. lundi)
- Mantiqueira Atlantic tree-rat (P. mantiqueirensis)
- Long-furred Atlantic tree-rat (P. medius)
- Blacked-spined Atlantic tree-rat (P. nigrispinus)
- Rusty-sided Atlantic tree-rat (P. pattoni)
- Southern Atlantic tree-rat (P. sulinus)
- Giant Atlantic tree-rat (P. thomasi)
- Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat (P. unicolor)
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Santamartamys | - Red-crested tree-rat (S. rufodorsalis)
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Toromys | - Giant tree-rat (T. grandis)
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Myocastorini | Callistomys | - Painted tree-rat (C. pictus)
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Hoplomys | - Armored rat (H. gymnurus)
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Myocastor | |
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Proechimys | group canicollis | - Colombian spiny rat (P. canicollis)
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group decumanus | - Pacific spiny rat (P. decumanus)
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group echinothrix | - Stiff-spine spiny rat (P. echinothrix)
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group gardneri | - Gardner's spiny rat (P. gardneri)
- Kulina spiny rat (P. kulinae)
- Patton's spiny rat (P. pattoni)
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group goeldii | - Goeldi's spiny rat (P. goeldii)
- Napo spiny rat (P. quadruplicatus)
- Steere's spiny rat (P. steerei)
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group guyannensis | - Guyenne spiny rat (P. guyannensis)
- Roberto's spiny rat (P. roberti)
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group longicaudatus | - Short-tailed spiny rat (P. brevicauda)
- Cuvier's spiny rat (P. cuvieri)
- Long-tailed spiny rat (P. longicaudatus)
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group semispinosus | - O'Connell's spiny rat (P. oconnelli)
- Tome's spiny rat (P. semispinosus)
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group simonsi | - Simon's spiny rat (P. simonsi)
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group trinitatus | - Trinidad spiny rat (P. trinitatus)
- Boyacá spiny rat (P. chrysaeolus)
- Guaira spiny rat (P. guairae)
- Guyanan spiny rat (P. hoplomyoides)
- Magdalena spiny rat (P. magdalenae)
- Minca spiny rat (P. mincae)
- Gray-footed spiny rat (P. poliopus)
- Sucre spiny rat (P. urichi)
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Thrichomys | - Common punaré (T. apereoides)
- Foster's punaré (T. fosteri)
- Highlands punaré (T. inermis)
- Sao Lourenço punaré (T. laurentius)
- Paraguayan punaré (T. pachyurus)
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Euryzygomatomyinae | — | Clyomys | - Broad-headed spiny rat (C. laticeps)
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Euryzygomatomys | - Brandt's guiara (E. guiara)
- Fischer's guiara (E. spinosus)
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Trinomys | - White-spined Atlantic spiny rat (T. albispinus)
- Soft-spined Atlantic spiny rat (T. dimidiatus)
- Elias's Atlantic spiny rat (T. eliasi)
- Gracile Atlantic spiny rat (T. gratiosus)
- Ihering's Atlantic spiny rat (T. iheringi)
- Dark-caped Atlantic spiny rat (T. mirapitanga)
- Moojen's Atlantic spiny rat (T. moojeni)
- Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny rat (T. myosuros)
- Spiked Atlantic spiny rat (T. paratus)
- Hairy Atlantic spiny rat (T. setosus)
- Yonenaga's Atlantic spiny rat (T. yonenagae)
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Incertae sedis | |
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Capromyinae | Capromyini | Capromys | - Desmarest's hutia (C. pilorides)
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Geocapromys | - Jamaican coney (G. brownii)
- Bahamian hutia (G. ingrahami)
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Mesocapromys | - Cabrera's hutia (M. angelcabrerai)
- Eared hutia (M. auritus)
- Black-tailed hutia (M. melanurus)
- Dwarf hutia (M. nanus)
- San Felipe hutia (M. sanfelipensis)
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Mysateles | - Garrido's hutia (M. garridoi)
- Isla De La Juventud tree hutia (M. meridionalis)
- Prehensile-tailed hutia (M. prehensilis)
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Taxon identifiers |
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