HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Erethizontidae
--> SUBFAMILY Erethizontinae
--> GENUS Coendou
SPECIES Coendou rothschildi
Author: | Thomas, 1902. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 10: 169. | Common Name: | Rothchild’s Porcupine | Type Locality: | Panama, Chiriqui, Sevilla Isl. | Distribution: | Panama. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Possibly a subspecies of bicolor (Goldman, 1920:135; Hall, 1981:854). Corbet and Hill (1991:200) listed rothschildi as a subspecies of bicolor. Emmons and Feer (1997:218) stated that if C. rothschildi is a valid species, the C. "bicolor" west of the Andes are possibly rothschildi. Karyotype has 2n=74 and FN=84 (George and Weir, 1974). |
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