Tome's Spiny-rat
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Tome's Spiny-rat also known as the Central American spiny rat, is a species of spiny rat
distributed from Honduras
to Ecuador
. The IUCN classifies it as least concern under P. semispinosus and near threatened as P. gorgonae.
Spiny rat
The spiny rats are a group of hystricognath rodents in the family Echimyidae. They are distributed from central Central America through much of South America. They were also found in the West Indies until the 19th century...
distributed from Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
to Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
. The IUCN classifies it as least concern under P. semispinosus and near threatened as P. gorgonae.