Coendou prehensilis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Yellow Quill-tipped 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

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033868

Original name as described

Hystrix prehensilis

Other common names

Prehensile-tailed Porcupine · Brazilian Porcupine

Type material

MN 73383

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

"Habitat in Asia, America." Restricted by Y. L. R. Leite and colleagues in 2011 to "Mata Xanguá, Usina Trapiche, municipality of Sirihaém, state of Pernambuco, Brazil, 8°38'50" S, 35°10'15" W, elevation 100 m" by neotype selection.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. longicaudatus and populations now attributed to C. baturitensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Feijó, A., & Langguth, A. (2013). Mamíferos de médio e grande porte do Nordeste do Brasil: distribuiçú e taxonomia, com descriçú de novas espécies. Revista Nordestina de Biologia, 22(1), 3-225. · Menezes, F. H., Feijó, A., Fernandes‐Ferreira, H., da Costa, I. R., & Cordeiro‐Estrela, P. (2021). Integrative systematics of Neotropical porcupines of Coendou prehensilis complex (Rodentia: Erethizontidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59(8), 2410-2439.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001246

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.

Hystrix prehensilis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

prehensilis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 73383

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033868

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:342, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Histrix prehensilis

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

prehensilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637212

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1797:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)

Coendou prehensilis

Daudin, 1802

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

prehensilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033422

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:172, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/101228458/22214580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Coendu prehensilis

Lesson, 1827

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

prehensilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

291

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207758

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:291, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207758) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Cercolabes (Synetheres) prehensilis

(J. F. von Brandt, 1835)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

prehensilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

396

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28731573

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Synetheres prehensilis

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

prehensilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

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