Trinidad spiny rat
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Template:Short description Template:Speciesbox The Trinidad spiny rat (Proechimys trinitatis[1][2]) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Trinidad and Tobago and northern Venezuela.
Phylogeny
Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. trinitatus belongs to the so-called trinitatus group of Proechimys species, and shares closer phylogenetic affinities with the other members of this clade: P. mincae, P. guairae, P. poliopus, P. magdalenae, P. chrysaeolus, P. urichi, and P. hoplomyoides.[3][4][5][6]
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