Coendou nycthemera
(I. von Olfers, 1818)
Eastern Amazonian 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 nycthemera
Other common names
Black Dwarf Porcupine · Koopman's Porcupine
Type material
ZMB 1299
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Brazil." Restricted by R. S. Voss and R. Angermann in 1997 to "eastern Amazonia (below Óbidos) south of the main channel of the Rio Amazonas."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Brazil
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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