Species of mammals belonging to the spiny rat family of rodents
Goeldi's spiny-rat (Proechimys goeldii spiny rat species found in Brazil .
Phylogeny
Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. goeldii belongs to the so-called goeldii group of Proechimys species, and shares closer phylogenetic affinities with the other members of this clade: P. steerei P. quadruplicatus [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Species-level cladogram of the genus Proechimys .
The cladogram has been reconstructed from morphological characters and mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b ) sequences.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
References
^ Patton, J. (2016). "Proechimys goeldii " . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 . IUCN : e.T18282A22209354. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18282A22209354.en . Retrieved 12 December 2017 . ^ 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. ; Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F. ; Malcolm, Jay R. (2000-01-25). "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 .^ 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 950– 989. ISBN 9780226169606
