Speciation in the Brazilian Spiny Rats

by João Moojen

Figs. 133, 135. Proechimys albispinus albispinus, male, CNHM no. 20409, Macaco Seco. × 1.

Figs. 134, 136. Proechimys albispinus sertonius, male, MN no. 6454, Bonfim. × 1

Figs. 137, 138. Proechimys albispinus albispinus, male, CNHM no. 20409, Macaco Seco. × 1.

Figs. 139, 140. Proechimys albispinus sertonius, male, MN no. 6454, Bonfim. × 1.

Proechimys albispinus albispinus (Is. [Geoffroy])

Echimys albispinus Is. [Geoffroy] Saint-Hilaire, 25 June 1838, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci., Paris, 6(26):886; Is. [Geoffroy], August, 1838, Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, 10 (ser. 2):125; Is. [Geoffroy], 1840, Mag. Zool., Paris (ser. 2, année 2, livr. 13):33, 53, pl. 26, pl. 29 (figs. 1, 2, 3); [Allen], 1899, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 12(20):261.

Echinomys fuliginosus [Wagner], 1843, Schreber's Säugethiere, suppl., 3:343.

Echimys albispinosus Waterhouse, Nat. Hist., Mammalia, 2:341.

Proechimys albispinus [Allen], 1899, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 12(20):264; [Thomas], 1911, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 8 (ser. 8):252.