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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Erethizontidae
--> SUBFAMILY Erethizontinae
--> GENUS Coendou
SPECIES Coendou prehensilis
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 57. | Common Name: | Brazilian Porcupine | Type Locality: | Brazil, Pernambuco. | Distribution: | E Venezuela, Guyanas, C and E Brazil, N Argentina, Uruguay, E Paraguay, Bolivia, Trinidad (see Goodwin and Greenhall, 1961:202); up to 1,500 m. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Emmons and Feer (1997:217) suggested that centralis and sanctamartae may be valid species and Alberico et al. (1999) considered sanctamartae a distinct species. Voss and da Silva (2001) suggested prehensilis may represent a complex of closely related species. Karyotype has 2n=74 and FN=82 (Lima, 1994). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
boliviensis Gray, 1850 brandtii Jentink, 1879 centralis Thomas, 1903 cuandu Desmarest, 1822 longicatus Lacépède, 1799 platycentrotus Brandt, 1835 sanctamartae Allen, 1904 tricolor Gray, 1850
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