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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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