Proechimys brevicauda

(A. Günther, 1877)

Short-tailed Spiny-rat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Superfamily: Octodontoidea
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Echimyinae
Tribe: Myocastorini
Genus: Proechimys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Günther, A. 1877-04. Report on some of the additions to the collection of Mammalia in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1876(4):735-751.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29100019

Original name as described

Echimys brevicauda

Other common names

Huallaga Spiny-rat · Short-tailed Spiny Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1869.3.31.7

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f2b06557-01b6-4d0a-a720-30bd9fd0e511

Type locality

"Chamicuros, Huallaga river, " Loreto, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001447

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 9 names and synonyms.

Echimys brevicauda

A. Günther, 1877

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

brevicauda

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1869.3.31.7

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Chamicuros, Huallaga river.

Type locality

Peru: Loreto Department: 5°30′S, 75°44′W.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f2b06557-01b6-4d0a-a720-30bd9fd0e511

Authority page

748

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29100019

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Trouessart (1881:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36771)

Thricomys brevicauda:

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

brevicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

607

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435151

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:607, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)

Proechimys brevicauda:

O. Thomas, 1900

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

brevicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

300

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19266082

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1900:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19266082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15453)
Osgood (1914:168, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2646793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20586)
Thomas (1928:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19808)
Patton & Gardner (1972:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20832)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Woods (1993:795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
Anderson (1997:505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18275/22208647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Proechimys bolivianus

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

bolivianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.1.1.87

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Maipiri, Upper Rio Beni, N.W. Bolivia. Altitude 1000 m.

Type locality

Bolivia: La Paz Department: 15°18′34″S, 68°12′53″W.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cbd42c3c-d933-4d1e-b7be-2c32c529dd59

Authority page

537

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980615

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1901:531, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10083)
Trouessart (1904:506, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Corbet & Hill (1991:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Woods (1993:795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Proechimys securus

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

securus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Charuplaya, Upper Securé River. Alt. 1400 m.

Type locality

Bolivia: Cochabamba Department.

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331419

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:507, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Tricomys brevicauda:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

brevicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

504

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423385

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:504, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Proechimys gularis

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

gularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.7.19.15

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Canelos, Rio Bobonaza, Oriente of Ecuador. Alt. 2100'.

Type locality

Ecuador: 1°35′9″S, 77°45′30″W.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ca8ce09d-50f4-4421-ac1f-1c47f4693532

Authority page

253

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098916

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Woods (1993:796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Proechimys hendeei elassopus

Osgood, 1944

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

elassopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:52617

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Santo Domingo, Rio Inambari, Puno, Peru. Altitude 6, 000 feet.

Type locality

Peru: Puno Department: 13°51′S, 69°41′W.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=409d66ec-c1d0-4ce8-94f1-0e57b8d3c9e9

Authority page

203

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2780377

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Proechimys longicaudatus brevicauda:

Moojen, 1948

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

brevicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2807254

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Moojen (1948:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2807254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17020)

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