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O'Connell's spiny rat

Species of mammals belonging to the spiny rat family of rodents From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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O'Connell's spiny-rat (Proechimys oconnelli) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae.[2] It is endemic to Colombia.

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Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. oconnelli belongs to the so-called semispinosus group of Proechimys species, and shares closer phylogenetic affinities with the other member of this clade: P. semispinosus.[3][4][5]

Species-level cladogram of the genus Proechimys.
Myocastorini  
  Hoplomys  

  Hoplomys gymnurus

  Proechimys  

  Proechimys canicollis (Colombian spiny rat)

  Proechimys decumanus (Pacific spiny rat)

  Proechimys echinothrix (Stiff-spine spiny rat)

  Proechimys simonsi (Simon's spiny rat)

  group gardneri  
  group semispinosus  
  group guyannensis  
  group longicaudatus  
  group goeldii  
  group trinitatus  
The cladogram has been reconstructed from morphological characters and mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b) sequences.[3][4][6][5]

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