Coendou speratus

Mendes Pontes, Gadelha, É. R. A. Melo, de Sá, Loss, Caldara Júnior, L. P. Costa, & Y. L. R. Leite, 2013

Pernambuco Dwarf 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 : Sphiggurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Mendes Pontes, A.R., Gadelha, J.R., Melo, É.R.A., Sá, F.B. de, Loss, A.C., Caldara Júnior, V., Costa, L.P. and Leite, Y.L.R. 2013-04-05. A new species of porcupine, genus Coendou (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) from the Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 3636(3):421-438.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3636.3.2

Original name as described

Coendou speratus

Other common names

Hope Porcupine

Type material

MN 72045

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mata Tauá, Usina Trapiche, municipality of Sirinhaém, state of Pernambuco, Brazil, 8° 33' 46.13" S, 35° 10' 9.09" W, elevation 85 m."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Pontes, A. R. M., Gadelha, J. R., Melo, E. R. A., De Sa, F. B., Loss, A. C., Caldera Jr., V., Costa, L. P. and Leite, Y. L. R. (2013). A new species of porcupine, genus Coendou (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) from the Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, 3636(3), 421-438.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001251

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Names and synonyms

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Coendou speratus

Mendes Pontes, Gadelha, É. R. A. Melo, de Sá, Loss, Caldara Júnior, L. P. Costa, & Y. L. R. Leite, 2013

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

speratus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 72045

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

424

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/46205559/166610234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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