The stiff-spine spiny-rat (''Proechimys echinothrix'') or Tefe spiny rat, is a spiny rat species found in Brazil and

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Phylogeny

Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that ''P. echinothrix'' represents one independent evolutionary lineage within the genus ''Proechimys'', without clear phylogenetic affinity for any of the 6 major groups of species.

References

Proechimys Mammals of Brazil Mammals of Colombia Mammals described in 1998 Taxa named by Maria Nazareth Ferreira da Silva {{Echimyidae-stub