Goeldi's spiny rat
Goeldi's spiny-rat, Proechimys goeldii, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.Phylogeny
Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. goeldii belongs to the so-called goeldii group of Proechimys species, and shares closer phylogenetic affinities with the other members of this clade: P. steerei and P. quadruplicatus.
