HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Erethizontidae
--> SUBFAMILY Erethizontinae
--> GENUS Sphiggurus
SPECIES Sphiggurus roosmalenorum
Author: | Voss and da Silva, 2001. | Citation: | Am. Mus. Novit., 3351: 24. | Common Name: | Roosmalen’s Dwarf Porcupine | Type Locality: | Brazil, Amazonas, Novo Jerusalem. | Distribution: | Banks of the middle Rio Maderia between 5 and 9o S latitude, Brazil. | Comments: | Assigned to vestitus group based on presence of bristle-quills (Voss and da Silva, 2001). |
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