HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Erethizontidae
--> SUBFAMILY Erethizontinae
--> GENUS Coendou
SPECIES Coendou bicolor
Author: | Tschudi, 1844. | Citation: | Fauna Peruana: 186. | Common Name: | Bicolored-spined Porcupine | Type Locality: | Peru, Junín Debt., between Tulumayo and Chanchamayo Rivers. | Distribution: | Bolivia, Peru, Andean and W Ecuador, N Colombia, SW Colombia; up to 2,500 m. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Locally common. | Comments: | May include rothschildi (Hall, 1981:854), which Corbet and Hill (1991:200) listed as a subspecies of bicolor (see comments under rothschildi). Emmons and Feer (1997:218) and Alberico et al. (1999) considered quichua of the Andes of Ecuador and Colombia to be a distinct species based on small size and shorter tail. Emmons and Feer (1997:218) suggested that richardsoni may be a valid species or allied with rothschildi, whereas Alberico et al. (1999) recognized it as a distinct species. We tentatively retain these three subspecies, awaiting a needed comprehensive review of Coendou. |
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