Coendou vestitus
O. Thomas, 1899
Blackish Hairy Dwarf 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
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1899-10-01. Descriptions of new Neotropical mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)4(22):278-288.
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Original name as described
Coendou vestitus
Other common names
Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1854.6.26.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Colombia."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia
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
Not Evaluated
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Names and synonyms
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Total: 3 names and synonyms.
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