Coendou melanurus

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Black-tailed 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 : 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

Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001243

Country distribution map

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Sphiggurus melanurus

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:86a

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

262

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cercolabes melanurus

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 42010

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

360

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Coendou melanurus

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

380

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136738/22213900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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