Proechimys cuvieri

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	ECHIMYIDAE

Scientific Name:

Proechimys cuvieri

Species Authority:

Petter, 1978

Common Name/s:

English

–

Cuvier's Spiny Rat

Taxonomic Notes:

P. cuvieri comprises a series of divergent clades that replace one another across Amazonia, additional sampling is needed to determine whether any of these correspond to separate species (Patton et al. 2000).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Catzeflis, F. & Patton, J.

Reviewer/s:

Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, it occurs in a number of protected areas, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

History:

1996

–

Lower Risk/least concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in scattered localities in eastern Amazonia, from the Guianan region of eastern Venezuela and French Guiana to the Carajas region of Pará State south of the Rio Amazonas, Montanhas de Tumucumaque National Park in Amapa State, and the left (east) bank of the Rio Negro near Manaus in central Amazonia, Amazonas State (Patton et al., 2000); also in Peru (Pacheco et al. 1995). Its elevation range is below 500 m asl. altitude (J. Patton pers. comm.).
Countries:	Native: Brazil; French Guiana; Guyana; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela
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Population [top]

Population:	This rodent is abundant in primary forest but absent in secondary forest in French Guiana (F. Catzeflis pers. comm.). It is found in secondary forest in Rio Jurua in western Amazonia (Patton et al., 2000). It is a very abundant species in Tumucumaque National Parque (C. Silva pers. comm.).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	During a survey of the Jurua River, Brazil, many specimens were trapped in terra firme forests (28 of 57), they were also collected in locally inundated forest, secondary upland forest and abandoned gardens and were especially common in the latter (Patton et al., 2000). In the same survey, out of sampling months August to March, pregnant females were collected only in February and March. All litters comprised two young. Data are too limited to determine whether breeding is largely confined to the wet season or also extends through the dry period. Voss et al. (2001) also presents capture data for three different habitat plots in French Guiana, where the species is found equally in both secondary and primary forest (Voss et al. 2001).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Habitat and Ecology:

During a survey of the Jurua River, Brazil, many specimens were trapped in terra firme forests (28 of 57), they were also collected in locally inundated forest, secondary upland forest and abandoned gardens and were especially common in the latter (Patton et al., 2000). In the same survey, out of sampling months August to March, pregnant females were collected only in February and March. All litters comprised two young. Data are too limited to determine whether breeding is largely confined to the wet season or also extends through the dry period. Voss et al. (2001) also presents capture data for three different habitat plots in French Guiana, where the species is found equally in both secondary and primary forest (Voss et al. 2001).

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats to this species at this time.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats to this species at this time.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species occurs in Tumucumaque National Park (C. Silva pers. comm.) and several other protected areas throughout its range.

Conservation Actions:

This species occurs in Tumucumaque National Park (C. Silva pers. comm.) and several other protected areas throughout its range.

Bibliography [top]

	Pacheco, V., de Macedo, H., Vivar, E., Ascorra, C. F., Arana-Cardó, R. and Solari, S. 1995. Lista anotada de los mamíferos peruanos. Occasional Papers in Conservation Biology 2: 1-35. Patton, J. L., da Silva, M. A. and Malcolm, J. R. 2000. Mammals of the Rio Jurua and the Evolutionary and Ecological Diversification of Amazonia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 244: 1-306. Voss, R. S., Lunde, D. P. and Simmons, N. B. 2001. The Mammals of Paracou, French Guiana: A Neotropical Lowland Rainforest Fauna Part 2. Nonvolant Species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 263: 1-236. Woods, C. A. and Kilpatrick, C. W. 2005. Infraorder Hystricognathi. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 1538-1599. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Pacheco, V., de Macedo, H., Vivar, E., Ascorra, C. F., Arana-Cardó, R. and Solari, S. 1995. Lista anotada de los mamíferos peruanos. Occasional Papers in Conservation Biology 2: 1-35.

Patton, J. L., da Silva, M. A. and Malcolm, J. R. 2000. Mammals of the Rio Jurua and the Evolutionary and Ecological Diversification of Amazonia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 244: 1-306.

Voss, R. S., Lunde, D. P. and Simmons, N. B. 2001. The Mammals of Paracou, French Guiana: A Neotropical Lowland Rainforest Fauna Part 2. Nonvolant Species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 263: 1-236.

Woods, C. A. and Kilpatrick, C. W. 2005. Infraorder Hystricognathi. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 1538-1599. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Citation:	Catzeflis, F. & Patton, J. 2008. Proechimys cuvieri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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