Simon's spiny rat [SEP] parent taxon
Simon's spiny rat
Simon's spiny rat, "Proechimys simonsi", is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
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.
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", in 1999.
- one species of spiny rat, "Phyllomys pattoni", in 2002.
- two species of oryzomyine rodents, "Oryzomys acritus", in 2005, and "Oecomys sydandersoni", in 2009.
- one species of rat, "Pithecheirops otion", in 1993.
- one species of didelphid marsupial, "", in 2012.
She also introduced the new taxon name "Olallamys" for a genus of spiny rats.
Taxonomic patronym.
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