Boyacá spiny rat

Boyacá spiny rat
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Echimyinae
Tribe:	Myocastorini
Genus:	Proechimys
Species:	P. chrysaeolus
Binomial name
	Proechimys chrysaeolus; (Thomas, 1898)

The Boyacá spiny rat (Proechimys chrysaeolus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae.[2] It is endemic to Colombia; it is found primary forest in Carare River valley, Boyacá Department, 100 to 500 meters above sea level. Nocturnal, terrestrial and solitary, it feeds on seeds, fruit and some leaves and insects. It is threatened by habitat loss for mining and agriculture.

Phylogeny

Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. chrysaeolus belongs to the so-called trinitatus group of Proechimys species, and shares closer phylogenetic affinities with the other members of this clade: P. trinitatus, P. mincae, P. guairae, P. poliopus, P. magdalenae, P. urichi, and P. hoplomyoides.[3][4][5][6]

Species-level cladogram of the genus Proechimys.

Myocastorini

Proechimys

Proechimys simonsi (Simon's spiny rat)

group semispinosus

	Proechimys semispinosus (Tome's spiny rat)

	Proechimys gorgonae

	Proechimys oconnelli (O'Connell's spiny rat)

group longicaudatus

	Proechimys longicaudatus (Long-tailed spiny rat)

	Proechimys brevicauda (Short-tailed spiny rat)

	Proechimys gularis

Proechimys cuvieri (Cuvier's spiny rat)

group guyannensis

	Proechimys guyannensis (Guyenne spiny rat)

	Proechimys roberti (Roberto's spiny rat)

	Proechimys oris

	Proechimys boimensis

Proechimys echinothrix (Stiff-spine spiny rat)

group trinitatus

	Proechimys trinitatus (Trinidad spiny rat)

	Proechimys mincae (Minca spiny rat)

	Proechimys guairae (Guaira spiny rat)

	Proechimys poliopus (Gray-footed spiny rat)

	Proechimys magdalenae (Magdalena spiny rat)

	Proechimys chrysaeolus (Boyacá spiny rat)

	Proechimys urichi (Sucre spiny rat)

	Proechimys hoplomyoides (Guyanan spiny rat)

Proechimys canicollis (Colombian spiny rat)

Proechimys decumanus (Pacific spiny rat)

group goeldii

	Proechimys steerei (Steere's spiny rat)

	Proechimys quadruplicatus (Napo spiny rat)

	Proechimys amphichoricus

	Proechimys goeldii (Goeldi's spiny rat)

	Proechimys hyleae

group gardneri

	Proechimys gardneri (Gardner's spiny rat)

	Proechimys pattoni (Patton's spiny rat)

Proechimys kulinae (Kulina spiny rat)

Hoplomys

Hoplomys gymnurus

The cladogram has been reconstructed from morphological characters and mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b) sequences.[3][4][5][6]

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References

Tirira, D.; Boada, C.; Weksler, M.; Anderson, R. P. & Gómez-Laverde, M. (2008). "Proechimys chrysaeolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Proechimys chrysaeolus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1585. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Patton, James L. (1987). "Species groups of spiny rats, genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae)". Fieldiana: Zoology, Studies in neotropical mammalogy: essays in honor of Philip Hershkovitz. 39: 305–345. ISSN 0015-0754.
Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F. (1998). "Four New species of spiny rats of the genus Proechimys (Rodentia : Echimyidae) from the Western Amazon of Brazil". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 111: 436–471. ISSN 0006-324X.
Patton, James L.; Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F.; Malcolm, Jay R. (2000-01-25). "Mammals of the Rio Juruá and the evolutionary and ecological diversification of Amazonia". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History: 1–306. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)2442.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0090.
Patton, James L.; Leite, Rafael N. (2015-03-09). "Genus Proechimys J. A. Allen, 1899". In Patton, James L.; Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J.; D’Elía, Guillermo (eds.). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press. pp. 950–989. ISBN 9780226169606.

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[iucn-1] Tirira, D.; Boada, C.; Weksler, M.; Anderson, R. P. & Gómez-Laverde, M. (2008). "Proechimys chrysaeolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[2] Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Proechimys chrysaeolus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1585. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[Patton1987-3] Patton, James L. (1987). "Species groups of spiny rats, genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae)". Fieldiana: Zoology, Studies in neotropical mammalogy: essays in honor of Philip Hershkovitz. 39: 305–345. ISSN 0015-0754.

[daSilva1998-4] Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F. (1998). "Four New species of spiny rats of the genus Proechimys (Rodentia : Echimyidae) from the Western Amazon of Brazil". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 111: 436–471. ISSN 0006-324X.

[Patton2000-5] Patton, James L.; Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F.; Malcolm, Jay R. (2000-01-25). "Mammals of the Rio Juruá and the evolutionary and ecological diversification of Amazonia". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History: 1–306. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)2442.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0090.

[Patton2015-6] Patton, James L.; Leite, Rafael N. (2015-03-09). "Genus Proechimys J. A. Allen, 1899". In Patton, James L.; Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J.; D’Elía, Guillermo (eds.). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press. pp. 950–989. ISBN 9780226169606.