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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Erethizontidae
--> SUBFAMILY Erethizontinae
--> GENUS Sphiggurus
SPECIES Sphiggurus insidiosus
| Author: | Olfers, 1818. | | Citation: | Neue Bibl. Reisenb.: 211. | | Common Name: | Bahia Porcupine | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Bahía, Salvador. | | Distribution: | Atlantic coastal region SE Brazil. | | Status: | Unknown. IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as S. insidiosus, Extinct as S. pallidus. | | Comments: | Reviewed by Voss and Angermann (1997), who included pallidus. Husson (1978) placed in Sphiggurus and included melanurus but see Voss and Angermann (1997). Karyotype has 2n=62 and FN=76 (Lima, 1994). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
pallidus (Waterhouse, 1848)
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