Kulina spiny rat

The Kulina spiny-rat (Proechimys kulinae) or Javari spiny rat, is a spiny rat species found in Brazil and Peru.

Phylogeny
Morphological characters and mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences showed that P. kulinae belongs to the so-called gardneri group of Proechimys species. Within this clade, Proechimys kulinae is the sister species to P. gardneri and P. pattoni.