Coendou quichua
O. Thomas, 1899
Quichua 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
Thomas, O. 1899-10-01. Descriptions of new Neotropical mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)4(22):278-288.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124307Original name as described
Coendou quichua
Other common names
Andean Porcupine · Rothschild's Porcupine
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1899.2.18.17
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/90131b08-2e31-47a9-a166-ab86cf85beb8Type locality
"Puembo, Upper Guallabamba River, Province of Pichincha, Ecuador; altitude about 2500 metres."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Panama · Colombia · Ecuador
Taxonomy notes
split from S. bicolor
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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