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genus

Coendou Lacépède, 1799

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

Scientific synonyms

Echinoprocta Gray, 1865
Sphiggurus F. Cuvier, 1825

Included taxa

Number of records: 19

species Coendou baturitensis Feijó & Langguth, 2013 - Baturité Porcupine
species Coendou bicolor (von Tschudi, 1845) - Bicolor-spined Porcupine
species Coendou ichillus Voss & M. N. F. da Silva, 2001 - Western Amazonian Dwarf Porcupine
species Coendou insidiosus (I. von Olfers, 1818) - Bahia Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
species Coendou longicaudatus Daudin, 1802
species Coendou melanurus (J. A. Wagner, 1842) - Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Coendou melanurus

species Coendou mexicanus (Kerr, 1792) - Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Coendou mexicanus

species Coendou nycthemera (I. von Olfers, 1818) - Koopman's Porcupine
species Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Brazilian Porcupine

Coendou prehensilis

species Coendou pruinosus O. Thomas, 1905 - Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
species Coendou quichua O. Thomas, 1899 - Andean Porcupine
species Coendou roosmalenorum Voss & M. N. F. da Silva, 2001 - Roosmalen's Porcupine
species Coendou rothschildi Thomas, 1902 - Rothschild's Porcupine
species Coendou rufescens (J. E. Gray, 1865) - Stump-tailed Porcupine
species Coendou sanctamartae Allen, 1904 - Santa Marta Porcupine
species 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
species Coendou spinosus (F. Cuvier, 1823) - Paraguay Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Coendou spinosus

species Coendou vestitus O. Thomas, 1899 - Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
species Coendou villosus (F. Cuvier, 1823) - Orange-spined Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

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