The Ecological Register: Proechimys guyannensis

Proechimys guyannensis (rodent)

Mass: 207 g based on Malcolm 1992 and Sanderson 1949

Abundance: 3.51%

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1) only

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Found in one sample

French Guiana: Trois-Sauts

Size measurements:

♀ body mass	216.3 g	N = 4	Malcolm 1992
♀ body mass	188 g	N = 17	Sanderson 1949
♂ body mass	185.0 g	N = 2	Malcolm 1992
♂ body mass	238 g	N = 12	Sanderson 1949
♀ ear length	21 mm	N = 17	Sanderson 1949
♀ ear length	24 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1899
♂ ear length	22 mm	N = 12	Sanderson 1949
♂ ear length	23 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1903
♂ ear length	25 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1905
♀ head and body length	181 mm	N = 17	Sanderson 1949
♀ head and body length	198 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1899
♂ head and body length	202 mm	N = 12	Sanderson 1949
♂ head and body length	230 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1903
♂ head and body length	228 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1905
♀ hind foot length	43 mm	N = 17	Sanderson 1949
♀ hind foot length	40 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1899
♂ hind foot length	51 mm	N = 1	Osgood 1944
♂ hind foot length	42 mm	N = 12	Sanderson 1949
♂ hind foot length	51 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1903
♂ hind foot length	41 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1905
♀ skull length	49.5 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1899
♂ skull length	55.5 mm	N = 1	Osgood 1944
♂ skull length	56.5 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1903
♂ skull length	51 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1905
♀ skull width	23.3 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1899
♂ skull width	25.7 mm	N = 1	Osgood 1944
♂ skull width	26.5 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1903
♂ skull width	24.5 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1905
♀ tail length	170 mm	N = 17	Sanderson 1949
♀ tail length	198 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1899
♂ tail length	164 mm	N = 1	Osgood 1944
♂ tail length	156 mm	N = 12	Sanderson 1949
♂ tail length	165 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1903
♂ tail length	185 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1905
♂ total body length	355 mm	N = 1	Osgood 1944
♀ upper tooth row length	7.7 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1899
♂ upper tooth row length	8.7 mm	N = 1	Osgood 1944
♂ upper tooth row length	7.5 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1903
♂ upper tooth row length	7 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1905