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SPECIES Sphiggurus spinosus

Author:F. Cuvier, 1823.
Citation:Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 9: 433.
Common Name:Paraguaian Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Type Locality:Paraguay, along the Paraná River.
Distribution:Paraguay, S and E Brazil, NE Argentina, Uruguay.
Status:CITES – Appendix III (Uruguay); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc)..
Comments:Possibly restricted to the shores of the Paraná River. Formerly included in Coendou; see Husson (1978) and comments under Sphiggurus. Emmons and Feer (1997:221) considered paragayensis to be a separate species (Paraguay Hairy Dwarf Porcupine). Cabrera (1961:602) noted that Oken’s names are not recognized, but if Oken’s name is accepted, the type species for Sphiggurus becomes paragayensis (see Tate, 1935:307). Emmons and Feer (1997) included villosus and suggested that spinosus may intergrade with insidosus.
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Synonyms:

    affinis (Brandt, 1835)
    nigricans (Brandt, 1835)
    paragayensis (Oken, 1816)
    roberti (Thomas, 1902)
    sericeus (Cope, 1889)

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