Coendou bicolor
(von Tschudi, 1845)
Bicolor-spined Porcupine
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
| Superfamily | : Erethizontoidea |
| Family | : Erethizontidae |
| Subfamily | : Erethizontinae |
| Genus | : Coendou |
| Subgenus | : Sphiggurus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Tschudi, J.J. von. 1845. [Part 4]. Pp. 133–188 in Tschudi, J.J. von. 1844-1845. Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana. Scheitlin und Zollikofer, St. Gallen, 262 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007970Original name as described
Sphingurus bicolor
Other common names
Bicolored-spined Porcupine
Type material
MHNN 94.2432A
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"in den Urwäldern zwischen den Flüssen Tullumayo und Chanchamayo," Junín, Peru.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Peru · Bolivia · Brazil · Argentina?
Taxonomy notes
previously included S. quichua
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.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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