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Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Eumysopinae
Species : Proechimys albispinus
The White-spined spiny rat is listed as Near Threatened (Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, or LR/nt), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the whitespined spiny rat
A young / baby of a whitespined spiny rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A whitespined spiny rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.Countries
Brazil
Facts about the white-spined spiny rat
Cranial size and shape variation, pelage and bacular morphology, and subspecific differentiation in spiny rats, Proechimys albispinus (Is.
Straus (1999) Cranial size and shape variation, pelage and bacular morphology, and subspecific differentiation in spiny rats Proechimys albispinus (Is. (Full text)