Patton's spiny rat

Patton's spiny-rat (Proechimys pattoni) is a spiny rat species^[2] found in Brazil and Peru.

Patton's spiny-rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Echimyinae
Tribe:	Myocastorini
Genus:	Proechimys
Species:	P. pattoni
Binomial name
Proechimys pattoni da Silva, 1998

Phylogeny

Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. pattoni belongs to the so-called gardneri group of Proechimys species. Within this clade, Proechimys pattoni is more closely related to P. gardneri than to P. kulinae.^[3][2][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     Proechimys kulinae (Kulina spiny rat)   Proechimys gardneri (Gardner's spiny rat)   Proechimys pattoni (Patton's spiny rat)   group semispinosus     Proechimys gorgonae   Proechimys oconnelli (O'Connell's spiny rat)   Proechimys semispinosus (Tome's spiny rat)   group guyannensis     Proechimys boimensis   Proechimys guyannensis (Guyenne spiny rat)   Proechimys oris   Proechimys roberti (Roberto's spiny rat)   group longicaudatus     Proechimys cuvieri (Cuvier's spiny rat)   Proechimys brevicauda (Short-tailed spiny rat)   Proechimys gularis   Proechimys longicaudatus (Long-tailed spiny rat)   group goeldii     Proechimys amphichoricus   Proechimys goeldii (Goeldi's spiny rat)   Proechimys hyleae   Proechimys quadruplicatus (Napo spiny rat)   Proechimys steerei (Steere's spiny rat)   group trinitatus     Proechimys chrysaeolus (Boyacá spiny rat)   Proechimys guairae (Guaira spiny rat)   Proechimys hoplomyoides (Guyanan spiny rat)   Proechimys magdalenae (Magdalena spiny rat)   Proechimys mincae (Minca spiny rat)   Proechimys poliopus (Gray-footed spiny rat)   Proechimys trinitatus (Trinidad spiny rat)   Proechimys urichi (Sucre spiny rat)

The cladogram has been reconstructed from morphological characters and mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b) sequences.[3][2][4][5]