Coendou vestitus

O. Thomas, 1899

Blackish Hairy 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 : Caaporamys

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/25124308

Original name as described

Coendou vestitus

Other common names

Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1854.6.26.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0071725-6bbc-4602-a926-145c4913ce04

Type locality

"Colombia."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001253

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 vestitus

O. Thomas, 1899

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

vestitus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1854.6.26.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0071725-6bbc-4602-a926-145c4913ce04

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124308

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20633/22213528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sphiggurus vestitus

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

vestitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

572

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:572) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

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