Proechimys cuvieri Petter 1978

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1575-1592 : 1585

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scientific name	Proechimys cuvieri Petter 1978
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Proechimys cuvieri Petter 1978 , C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, ser. D, 287: 263.

Type Locality: French Guiana, Saul.

Vernacular Names: Cuvier's Spiny-rat.

Distribution: French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, Brazil west along both sides of the Amazon River to N Peru.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Placed in the monotypic cuvieri group by Patton (1987). Considered closely related to guyannensis by Gardner and Emmons (1984), but see Voss et al. (2001) for review of morphological differentiation. Karyotype has 2n=28 and FN=46-48 ( Maia and Langguth, 1993; Patton et al. 2000; Reig et al., 1979).