Robert's spiny rat
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Robert's spiny-rat (Proechimys roberti) or Para spiny rat, is a spiny rat species [1] found in Brazil. This species is named after the collector Alphonso Robert, who collected the holotype of this species in 1901. [2]
Morphological, karyological, and mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b) data indicate that Proechimys oris is likely a junior synonym of P. roberti.[3]
Phylogeny
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.[4][5][6]
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