Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents Family Echimyidae Gray, 1825 - spiny rats Genus Proechimys Allen, 1899 - spiny rats Proechimys guyannensis (E. Geoffroy, 1803) see Proechimys cayennensis (Desmarest, 1817)