Simons´s Spiny-rat

Proechimys simonsi

(Thomas, 1900)

Family: Echimyidae
Order: Rodentia
Class: Mammalia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation status: Least Concern

Description

Simons´s spiny rat (Proechimys simonsi) is a spiny rat species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It was named for American scientific collector Perry O. Simons.

Phylogeny: Morphological characters and mitochondrial (cytochrome b) DNA sequences showed that P. simonsi represents one independent evolutionary lineage within the genus Proechimys, without clear phylogenetic affinity for any of the six major groups of species.

Source: Wikipedia, article Proechimys simonsi. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.