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/25124307

Original 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-ab86cf85beb8

Type locality

"Puembo, Upper Guallabamba River, Province of Pichincha, Ecuador; altitude about 2500 metres."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

split from C. bicolor and previously included C. rothschildi and populations now attributed to the recently described C. vossi

Taxonomy notes citation

Ramírez-Chaves, H. E., Mazepa, G. O., Morales-Martínez, D. M., Suárez-Castro, A. F., Colmenares-Pinzón, J. E., Pulido-Santacruz, P., & Noguera-Urbano, E. A. (2025). A review of the Quichua Porcupine Coendou quichua complex (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) with the description of a new species from Colombia. Journal of Mammalogy, gyae140.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001248

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 quichua

O. Thomas, 1899

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

quichua

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.2.18.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/90131b08-2e31-47a9-a166-ab86cf85beb8

Authority page

283

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124307

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136702/22214415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  6. Ramírez-Chaves, Mazepa, Morales-Martínez, Suárez-Castro, Colmenares-Pinzón, Pulido-Santacruz & Noguera-Urbano (2025:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68467)

Coendou quichua richardsoni

J. A. Allen, 1913

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

richardsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-33242

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-33242

Authority page

478

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26891368

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Coendu quichua

Lönnberg, 1913

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

quichua

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6426234

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

Lönnberg (1913:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6426234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15431)

Coendou bicolor quichua

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

quichua

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Coendou bicolor richardsoni

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

richardsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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