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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Erethizontidae
--> SUBFAMILY Erethizontinae
--> GENUS Sphiggurus
SPECIES Sphiggurus melanurus
| Author: | Wagner, 1842. | | Citation: | Archiv. für Naturg., I: 360. | | Common Name: | Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Rio Negro, Barra. | | Distribution: | North of the Amazon in the Amazon Basin of Brazil, the Guianas, Colombia, and probably Venezuela. | | Comments: | Considered conspecific with insidiosus by Cabrera (1961) and Husson (1978), but see Voss and Angermann (1997). Considered a distinct species by Emmons and Feer (1997), Handley and Pine (1992), and Voss and Angermann (1997); a position supported by molecular and karyotypic data (Bonvicino et al., 2002a). Karyotype has 2n=72 and FN=76 (Bonvicino et al., 2002a). |
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