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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Erethizontidae
--> SUBFAMILY Erethizontinae
--> GENUS Sphiggurus
SPECIES Sphiggurus spinosus
| Author: | F. Cuvier, 1823. | | Citation: | Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 9: 433. | | Common Name: | Paraguaian Hairy Dwarf Porcupine | | Type Locality: | Paraguay, along the Paraná River. | | Distribution: | Paraguay, S and E Brazil, NE Argentina, Uruguay. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix III (Uruguay); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).. | | Comments: | Possibly restricted to the shores of the Paraná River. Formerly included in Coendou; see Husson (1978) and comments under Sphiggurus. Emmons and Feer (1997:221) considered paragayensis to be a separate species (Paraguay Hairy Dwarf Porcupine). Cabrera (1961:602) noted that Oken’s names are not recognized, but if Oken’s name is accepted, the type species for Sphiggurus becomes paragayensis (see Tate, 1935:307). Emmons and Feer (1997) included villosus and suggested that spinosus may intergrade with insidosus. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
affinis (Brandt, 1835)
nigricans (Brandt, 1835)
paragayensis (Oken, 1816)
roberti (Thomas, 1902)
sericeus (Cope, 1889)
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