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Coendou Lacépède, 1799
Taxonomic Serial No.: 584610

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Echinoprocta Gray, 1865
		Sphiggurus F. Cuvier, 1825
		Coandu Fischer de Waldheim, 1814
		Coendu Lesson, 1827
		Coendus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2023

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals
	Subclass	Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897
	Infraclass	Eutheria Gill, 1872
	Order	Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents
	Suborder	Hystricomorpha Brandt, 1855
	Infraorder	Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855 – hystricognath rodents
	Family	Erethizontidae Bonaparte, 1845 – New World porcupines
	Subfamily	Erethizontinae Bonaparte, 1845
	Genus	Coendou Lacépède, 1799
		Direct Children:
	Species	Coendou baturitensis Feijó and Langguth, 2013 – Baturite Porcupine
	Species	Coendou bicolor (Tschudi, 1844) – Bicolored-spined Porcupine
	Species	Coendou ichillus Voss and da Silva, 2001 – Western Amazonian Dwarf Porcupine, Streaked Dwarf Porcupine
	Species	Coendou insidiosus (Olfers, 1818) – Bahian Hairy Dwarf Porcupine, Bahia Porcupine
	Species	Coendou melanurus Wagner, 1842 – Black-tailed Porcupine, Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
	Species	Coendou mexicanus (Kerr, 1792) – Mexican Hairy Porcupine, Mexican Tree Porcupine, Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
	Species	Coendou nycthemera (Olfers, 1818) – Black Dwarf Porcupine, Eastern Amazonian Dwarf Porcupine, Koopman's Porcupine
	Species	Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Brazilian Porcupine, Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
	Species	Coendou pruinosus Thomas, 1905 – Frosted Porcupine, Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
	Species	Coendou quichua Thomas, 1899 – Quichua Porcupine, Andean Porcupine, Rothschild's Porcupine
	Species	Coendou roosmalenorum Voss and da Silva, 2001 – Roosmalen's Porcupine, Roosmalen's Dwarf Porcupine
	Species	Coendou rufescens (Gray, 1865) – Stump-tailed Porcupine, Short-tailed Porcupine
	Species	Coendou speratus Mendes Pontes, Gadelha, Melo, de Sá, Loss, Caldara Junior, Costa and Leite et al., 2013 – Pernambuco Dwarf Porcupine, Hope Porcupine
	Species	Coendou spinosus (F. Cuvier, 1823) – Paraguayan Hairy Dwarf Porcupine, Spiny Tree Porcupine
	Species	Coendou vestitus Thomas, 1899 – Blackish Hairy Dwarf Porcupine, Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Charles A. Woods
	Notes:	Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2035
	Reference for:	Coendou

	Other Source(s):
	Source:
	Acquired:
	Notes:
	Reference for:

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Voss, Robert S.
	Publication Date:	2011
	Article/Chapter Title:	Revisionary Notes on Neotropical Porcupines (Rodentia: Erethizontidae). 3. An Annotated Checklist of the Species of Coendou Lacépède, 1799
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	American Museum Novitates, no. 3720
	Page(s):	1-36
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0003-0082
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Coendou

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Voss, Robert S., Caldonia Hubbard, Sharon A. Jansa
	Publication Date:	2013
	Article/Chapter Title:	Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae): Implications for Taxonomy, Morphological Evolution, and Biogeography
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	American Museum Novitates, no. 3769
	Page(s):	1-36
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0003-0082
	Notes:	doi: 10.1206/3769.2 ; available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58968161
	Reference for:	Coendou

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
	Page(s):	xviii + 1207
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-56098-217-9
	Notes:	Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
	Reference for:	Coendou

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., T. E. Lacher Jr., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.
	Publication Date:	2016
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I
	Page(s):	987
	Publisher:	Lynx Edicions
	Publication Place:	Barcelona, Spain
	ISBN/ISSN:	978-84-941892-34
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Coendou

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	2005
	Article/Chapter Title:	Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
	Page(s):	1538-1600
	Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-8018-8221-4
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Coendou

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	Voss (2011) argues to sink Echinoprocta and Sphiggurus into Coendou, but does not treat the validity of taxa at the subspecies rank. ITIS will seek expert guidance on these matters, but in the meantime retain the 3 separate genera with subspecies from Wood and Kilpatrick (2005)

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