Four new species of spiny rats of the genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from the western Amazon of Brazil

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 436-471

  Da Suila, Maria Nazareth F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

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