Coendou longicaudatus

Daudin, 1802

Amazonian Long-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

Authority citation

Daudin, F.M. 1802-10-21. Tableau des divisions, sous-divisions, ordres et genres des mammifères, par le Cen Lacepéde; Avec l'indication de toutes les espèces décrites par Buffon, et leur distribution dans chacun des genres. par F. M. Daudin. Pp. 143–195 in Buffon, G.-L.L. de. (eds.). Histoire naturelle par Buffon. Quadrupèdes. Tome quatorzième. P. Didot et Firmin Didot, Paris, 346 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033422

Original name as described

Coendou longicaudatus

Other common names

Long-tailed Porcupine · Cerrado's Long-tailed Porcupine

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Cayenne, French Guiana.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina · Uruguay?

Taxonomy notes

split from C. prehensilis; tentatively includes all synonyms previously included under C. prehensilis, although the attribution of cuandu and tricolor is uncertain

Taxonomy notes citation

Menezes, F. H., Feijó, A., Fernandes‐Ferreira, H., da Costa, I. R., & Cordeiro‐Estrela, P. (2021). Integrative systematics of Neotropical porcupines of Coendou prehensilis complex (Rodentia: Erethizontidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59(8), 2410-2439.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006591

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 longicaudatus

Daudin, 1802

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033422

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:172, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Coandu longicaudata

G. Fischer, 1814

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

viii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:viii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Coendus longicaudatus

Ranzani, 1820

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

452

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27808032

Authority publication

Bologna

Name usages

Ranzani (1820:452, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27808032) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)

hystrix cuandu

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

cuandu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

346

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521790

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1822:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Cercolabes Boliviensis

(J. E. Gray, 1850)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

boliviensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1847.11.22.6

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

380

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15630507

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Synetheres boliviensis

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

boliviensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476831

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Hystrix brandtii

(Jentink, 1879)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

brandtii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.19642.a, RMNH.MAM.19642.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19642.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19642.b

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630975

Authority publication

Notes from the Royal Zoological Museum of the Netherlands at Leyden

Name usages

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

Coendou sanctaemartae

J. A. Allen, 1904

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

sanctaemartae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-15460

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-15460

Authority page

441

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Coendou centralis

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.7.7.102

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/011fc2e8-c236-4dc4-9b3c-c42b01ee2fed

Authority page

240

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31610313

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Coendou sanctamartae

M. A. Lawrence, 1993

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

sanctamartae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

144

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Coendou prehensilis boliviensis

S. Anderson, 1997

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

boliviensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

473

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Anderson (1997:473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)

longicatus

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

longicatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

1547

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005:1547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

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