Cuvier's spiny-rat (''Proechimys cuvieri'') is a spiny rat species found in Brazil, French Guiana,

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Phylogeny

Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that ''P. cuvieri'' belongs to the so-called ''longicaudatus'' group of ''Proechimys'' species, and shares closer phylogenetic affinities with the other members of this clade: '' P. longicaudatus'' and '' P. brevicauda''.

References

Proechimys Mammals described in 1978 Taxa named by Francis Petter {{Echimyidae-stub