Gray-footed spiny rat

Gray-footed spiny rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Proechimys
Species: P. poliopus
Binomial name
Proechimys poliopus
Osgood, 1914

The gray-footed spiny rat (Proechimys poliopus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.

References

  1. Aguilera, M. & Ochoa, J. (2008). "Proechimys poliopus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 January 2009.


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