Colombian spiny rat explained

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

Phylogeny

Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. canicollis represents one independent evolutionary lineage within the genus Proechimys, without clear phylogenetic affinity for any of the 6 major groups of species.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Patton . James L. . James L. Patton . 1987 . Species groups of spiny rats, genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae) . 305–345 . Fieldiana: Zoology, Studies in Neotropical Mammalogy: Essays in Honor of Philip Hershkovitz . English . 39 . 0015-0754.
2. Book: Patton . James L. . James L. Patton . Leite . Rafael N. . Genus Proechimys J. A. Allen, 1899 . 950–989 . Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents . Patton . James L. . Pardiñas . Ulyses F. J. . D’Elía . Guillermo . 2015-03-09 . University of Chicago Press . 9780226169606 . en . https://books.google.com/books?id=mbjnBgAAQBAJ.