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Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Sphiggurus mexicanus (Kerr, 1792)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Rodentia - rodents »  family Erethizontidae - new world porcupines

Scientific synonyms

Coendou mexicanus
Hystrix mexicana

IUCN category:Least Concern

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Sphiggurus mexicanus laenatus Thomas, 1903
subspecies Sphiggurus mexicanus mexicanus Kerr, 1792
subspecies Sphiggurus mexicanus yucataniae Thomas, 1902

Links and literature

EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Sphiggurus mexicanus Kerr, 1792]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Sphiggurus mexicanus (Kerr, 1792)]

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