Robert's spiny-rat (Proechimys roberti) or Para spiny rat, is a spiny rat species [3] found in Brazil. This species is named after the collector Alphonso Robert, who collected the holotype of this species in 1901. [4]

Robert's Spiny-rat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Echimyinae
Tribe: Myocastorini
Genus: Proechimys
Species:
P. roberti
Binomial name
Proechimys roberti
Thomas, 1901
Synonyms

P. oris Thomas, 1904[2]

Morphological, karyological, and mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b) data indicate that Proechimys oris is likely a junior synonym of P. roberti.[2]

Phylogeny

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Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. roberti belongs to the so-called guyannensis group of Proechimys species, and shares closer phylogenetic affinities with the other member of this clade: P. guyannensis.[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 (cytochrome b) sequences.[5][6][8][7]

References

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  1. ^ Weksler, M. (2016). "Proechimys roberti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18294A22207886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18294A22207886.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Marcelo, Weksler; R., Bonvicino, Cibele; B., Otazu, Ivone; S., Silva, José (2001-02-01). "Status of Proechimys Roberti and P. Oris (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from Eastern Amazonia and Central Brazil". Journal of Mammalogy. 82 (1): 109–122. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2001)082<0109:soprap>2.0.co;2. ISSN 0022-2372.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Proechimys roberti". 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.
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 343. ISBN 9780801893049.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  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. hdl:2246/1593. ISSN 0003-0090.