Coendou rufescens

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Stump-tailed 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

Gray, J.E. 1865-06. Notice of an apparently undescribed species of American porcupine. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865(1):321-322.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497260

Original name as described

Erethizon (Echinoprocta) rufescens

Other common names

Short-tailed Porcupine

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1853.9.28.30

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3378744b-966b-40a7-92ab-d936ee401900

Type locality

"Columbia [= Colombia]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Echinoprocta 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001250

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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.

Erethizon (Echinoprocta) rufescens

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1853.9.28.30

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3378744b-966b-40a7-92ab-d936ee401900

Authority page

321

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497260

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Coendou sneiderni

Lönnberg, 1937

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

sneiderni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM 631263

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

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

Erethyzon epixanthus

(F. Martínez, 1873)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

epixanthus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14431638

Authority publication

Anales de la Sociedad Española de la Historia Natural

Name usages

  1. Martínez (1873:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14431638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67333)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005:1548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Echinoprocta rufescens

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

189

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Coendou rufescens

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

376

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7010/22213241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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