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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Erethizontidae
--> SUBFAMILY Erethizontinae
--> GENUS Sphiggurus
SPECIES Sphiggurus pruinosus
| Author: | Thomas, 1905. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 16: 310. | | Common Name: | Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine | | Type Locality: | Venezuela, Montañas de la Pedregosa near Mérida, 2500 m. | | Distribution: | C and N Colombia and W and N Venezuela. | | Comments: | Included in vestitus by Cabrera (1961), Concepcion and Molinari (1991), Woods (1993), and Soriano and Ochoa (1997), but see Voss and da Silva (2001) for a discussion of the morphological distinctiveness of these two taxa. Assigned to vestitus group based on presence of bristle-quills (Voss and da Silva, 2001). Karyotype has 2n=42 and FN=76 (Concepción and Molinari, 1991). |
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