Coendou pruinosus
O. Thomas, 1905
Frosted 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
Thomas, O. 1905-09-01. New Neotropical Chrotopterus, Sciurus, Neacomys, Coendou, Proechimys, and Marmosa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)16(93):308-314.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19214949Original name as described
Coendou pruinosus
Other common names
Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine · Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1905.7.5.9
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/14a5daa5-543a-4232-acf8-8f66fdfa1506Type locality
"Montañas de la Pedregosa," Mérida, Venezuela.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Venezuela · Colombia
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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