Short-tailed spiny rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Short-tailed spiny rat Proechimys brevicauda Least concern

Where the short-tailed spiny rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 39 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Proechimys brevicauda
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Echimyidae

Where does the short-tailed spiny rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the short-tailed spiny rat in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, Bujari.

Ecuador

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the short-tailed spiny rat endangered?

The short-tailed spiny rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the short-tailed spiny rat?

The short-tailed spiny rat (Proechimys brevicauda) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Echimyidae, genus Proechimys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the short-tailed spiny rat

The short-tailed spiny-rat (Proechimys brevicauda) or Huallaga spiny rat, is a spiny rat species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Short-tailed spiny rat (revision 1337799642), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1764828 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).