Abundance: 0.27 to 88.10% (median 9.78%)

Latitudinal range: -19.8° to 13.7°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (11), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (21), tropical/subtropical savanna (6)

Found in 38 samples

Bolivia: El Refugio Huanchaca Biological Station, Los Fierros Camp (LFF), Los Fierros Camp (LFA), Los Fierros Camp (LFT)

Brazil: Pinkaití Research Station (ground), Mineraçäo Rio Tinto Reunidas (2000-2002, middle altitude forest), Fazenda Montes Claros (primary), Fazenda Montes Claros (secondary), Alta Floresta (Sherman traps), Emas National Park (live traps), PPBio-Amazônia (100 L buckets, I-shaped arrays)

Colombia: San Marcos (rural), Necoclí (rural), El Amparo (transect A), El Amparo (transect B), El Amparo (transect C), El Amparo (transect E), El Amparo (transect F), El Amparo (transect H), Palmar de Altamira (bosque), Palmar de Altamira (palmar 2009)

Ecuador: Chorongo

French Guiana: Domaine Experimental Paracou (station 5), Trois-Sauts

Nicaragua: Siuna (mammals, secondary forest), Siuna (mammals, allspice)

Panama: Barro Colorado Island (1997), Ecoparque Panama

Peru: Reserva Cuzco Amazónico (1989 snap traps), Reserva Cuzco Amazónico (1990 snap traps), Iquitos–Nauta Highway, Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2006), Cocha Paujil (traps), Refugio Juliaca (traps), Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana (Sherman traps), Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana (Tomahawk traps), Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana (Victor traps)

Venezuela: Parque Nacional Guatopo

See also Proechimys brevicauda, Proechimys cayennensis, Proechimys cuvieri, Proechimys goeldii, Proechimys guairae, Proechimys guyannensis, Proechimys longicaudatus, Proechimys oconnelli, Proechimys quadruplicatus, Proechimys roberti, Proechimys semispinosus, Proechimys setosus, Proechimys simonsi, Proechimys sp., Proechimys sp. 1, Proechimys sp. 2, Proechimys spp.