Coendou melanurus

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Black-tailed Porcupine

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Superfamily: Erethizontoidea
Family: Erethizontidae
Subfamily: Erethizontinae
Genus: Coendou
Subgenus: Caaporamys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1842. Diagnosen neuer Arten brasilischer Säugthiere. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1):356-362.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697575

Original name as described

Cercolabes melanurus

Other common names

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Type material

NMW 42010

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Rio Negro, " Amazonas, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · French Guiana · Guyana · Suriname · Venezuela

Taxonomy notes

moved from Sphiggurus to Coendou

Taxonomy notes citation

Voss, R.S. 2011. Revisionary notes on Neotropical porcupines (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) 3. An annotated checklist of the species of Coendou Lacépède, 1799. American Museum Novitates 3720:1-36. doi:10.1206/3720.2

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001243

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 6 names and synonyms.

Cercolabes melanurus

J. A. Wagner, 1842

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 42010

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Rio Negro [Barra] @

Type locality

Brazil: Amazonas.

Authority page

360

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697575

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Murray (1866:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Sphiggurus melanurus

J. E. Gray, 1842

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:86a

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Brazils

Type locality

Brazil: Amazonas: 3°7′54″S, 59°58′57″W.

Authority page

262

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324286

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Sphingurus melanurus:

Fitzinger, 1867

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476834

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Coendu melanurus:

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

622

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435166

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:622, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:514, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Coendou melanurus:

Ellerman, 1940

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

188

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8414595

Authority publication

Families and Genera of Living Rodents

Name usages

Ellerman (1940:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8414595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6356)
Voss, Lunde & Simmons (2001:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10101)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136738/22213900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sphiggurus melanurus:

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

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