Coendou insidiosus
(I. von Olfers, 1818)
Bahian Hairy Dwarf 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
Authority citation
Olfers, I. von. 1818. Bemerkungen zu Illiger's Ueberblick der Säugthiere, nach ihrer Vertheilung über die Welttheile, rücksichtlich der Südamericanischen Arten (Species). Pp. 192–237 in Eschwege, W.L. (eds.). Journal von Brasilien, oder vermischte Nachrichten aus Brasilien, auf wissenschaftlichen Reisen gesammelt. Zweiter Heft. Privilegirtes Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, 304 pp.
Authority publication link
https://archive.org/details/DELTA54086_2FA/page/n215Original name as described
Hystrix insidiosa
Other common names
Bahia Porcupine
Type material
ZMB 1298
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Brazil." Restricted by R. S. Voss and R. Angermann in 1997 to Salvador, northern Bahia, Brazil.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Brazil
Taxonomy notes
moved from Sphiggurus to Coendou
Taxonomy notes citation
Voss, R.S. 2011. Revisionary notes on Neotropical porcupines (Rodentia: Erethizontidae). 3. an anno-tated checklist of the species of Coendou lacépède, 1799. american Museum Novitates 3720: 1–36.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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