Coendou mexicanus

(Kerr, 1792)

Mexican Hairy 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 : Coendou

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 462 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664238

Original name as described

Hystrix mexicana

Other common names

Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine · Mexican Porcupine · Mexican Tree Porcupine

Type locality

"mountains of Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic · Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama

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/1001244

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.

Coendou mexicanus yucataniae

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

yucataniae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1891.3.24.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9adb409-04f1-4205-b1e7-a04f61dbf32e

Authority page

249

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19339052

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Coendou laenatus

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

laenatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.3.3.94

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/17ac8969-81c9-4e87-bbf3-1dac77026619

Authority page

381

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62876504

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Cercolabes liebmani

(Reinhardt, 1844)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

liebmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMUC 518, ZMUC 519

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

241

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704144

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Synetheres mexicanus

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

600

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306394

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:600, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Coendou mexicanum laenatum

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

laenatum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

416

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Coendou mexicanum

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

mexicanum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

416

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Coendou mexicanus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

189

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20629/22214103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sphiggurus mexicanus laenatus

(C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

laenatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Sphiggurus mexicanus

(C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Sphiggurus mexicanus mexicanus

(C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Sphiggurus mexicanus yucataniae

(C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

yucataniae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Hystrix mexicana

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

214

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664238

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

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