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SPECIES Sphiggurus roosmalenorum

Author:Voss and da Silva, 2001.
Citation:Am. Mus. Novit., 3351: 24.
Common Name:Roosmalen’s Dwarf Porcupine
Type Locality:Brazil, Amazonas, Novo Jerusalem.
Distribution:Banks of the middle Rio Maderia between 5 and 9o S latitude, Brazil.
Comments:Assigned to vestitus group based on presence of bristle-quills (Voss and da Silva, 2001).
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