The Minca spiny rat (''Proechimys mincae'') is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

Phylogeny

Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that ''P. mincae'' 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. guairae'', '' P. poliopus'', '' P. magdalenae'', '' P. chrysaeolus'', '' P. urichi'', and '' P. hoplomyoides''.

References

Proechimys Endemic fauna of Colombia Mammals of Colombia Mammals described in 1899 Taxa named by Joel Asaph Allen Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Echimyidae-stub