Coendou roosmalenorum
Voss & M. N. F. da Silva, 2001
Roosmalens' 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
Authority citation
Voss, R.S. and Silva, M.N.F. da. 2001-10. Revisionary notes on Neotropical porcupines (Rodentia: Erethizontidae). 2. A review of the _Coendou vestitus_ group with descriptions of two new species from Amazonia. American Museum Novitates 3351:1-36.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60897709Original name as described
Coendou roosmalenorum
Other common names
Roosmalen's Dwarf Porcupine
Type material
INPA 2586
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Novo Jerusalem near the left bank of the middle Rio Madeira in the Brazilian state of Amazonas," Brazil.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Brazil
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
Not Evaluated
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