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Table 1 Karyotypes of species from group longicaudatus from literature and present work (2n = diploid number; FN = Fundamental Number; M-male; F- female)

From: Proechimys (Rodentia, Echimyidae): characterization and taxonomic considerations of a form with a very low diploid number and a multiple sex chromosome system

 

2n

FN

Geographic location

Reference

Taxon

    

P. gularis a

30(M)

48

Limoncocha (Napo, Equador)

*

P. brevicauda

28-30(M/F)

48-50

South of Peru

*

P. brevicauda

28(M/F)

48

Juruá river (Acre, Brazil)

***

P. brevicauda

30(M)

48

Cenepa river (Amazonas and Peru)

*****

P. longicaudatus

28(M/F)

46

Right side, Madeira river (Amazonas, Brazil)

**

P. longicaudatus

30(F)

52

Jamari river (Rondonia, Brazil), Juruena and Aripuanã (Mato Grosso, Brazil)

****

P. longicaudatus

28(M/F)

48

Samuel Hydroelectric reservoir, Jamari river (08°45 S,63°26 W), Rondônia, Brazil

****

P. longicaudatus

28(M/F)

50

Apiacás (09°34 S, 57°23 W), Mato Grosso-MT, Brazil

****

P. longicaudatus

28(M)

50

Emas National Park (18°15 S, 52°53 W), Goiás, Brazil

****

P. gr. longicaudatus

17(M)

14

Tanguro farm, Querência, MT, Brazil (12° 54″S; 52° 22″W); São Nicolau Farm, Cotriguaçu-MT, Brazil (S09°5117.6″/W058°1453.8″//S09°4924.9″/W058°1532.0″).

Present work

P. gr. longicaudatus

16(F)

14

Tanguro farm, Querência, MT, Brazil (12° 54″S; 52° 22″W); São Nicolau Farm, Cotriguaçu-MT, Brazil (S09°5117.6″/W058°1453.8″//S09°4924.9″/W058°1532.0″).

Present work

  1. References: *[8]; **Ribeiro (2006 unpublished data); ***[4]; ****[12]; *****[13].
  2. a Species understood as synonymous to P. brevicauda[2].