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Coendou prehensilis
Description
Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Brazilian Porcupine, Puercoespín
Examined material. BOLIVIA; Province of Ñuflo de Chávez of Santa Cruz Department; Centro “Chiquitos”; 16.3695°S, 062.0052°W; first capture on 12 May 2017; secondary forest patch in pastureland.
Identification. This is a medium-sized, arboreal rodent (2–5 kg). Thick spines, 2–6 cm long, cover the entire body except for the muzzle. The general color appears gray or yellowish from a distance, but each spine is whitish at its base and tip and with a dark-brown band in the middle. This is the only porcupine species known in the area.
Notes
Published as part of Jansen, Martin, Engler, Marc, Blumer, Luka Moritz, Rumiz, Damián I., Aramayo, José Luis & Krone, Oliver, 2020, A camera trapping survey of mammals in the mixed landscape of Bolivia's Chiquitano region with a special focus on the Jaguar, pp. 323-335 in Check List 16 (2) on page 331, DOI: 10.15560/16.2.323
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.15560/16.2.323 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB5FFD7FFAEFFCE0635FFD7ED2E6035 (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/038C87AFFFA6FFC60518FB44EE4C667F (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Erethizontidae
- Genus
- Coendou
- Species
- prehensilis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Jansen, Engler, Blumer, Rumiz, Aramayo & Krone, 2020