| Stump-tailed porcupine | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Erethizontidae |
| Genus: | Coendou |
| Species: | C. rufescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Coendou rufescens (
J. E. Gray, 1865)
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The stump-tailed porcupine (Coendou rufescens) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. [2] It is found mainly in Colombia, with a few records from Ecuador.
This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Echinoprocta, [2] a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to nest within Coendou. [3] Its closest relative is the Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua). [3]
References
- ^ Tirira, D. (2016). "Coendou rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T7010A22213241. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7010A22213241.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1547–1548. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Voss, R. S.; Hubbard, C.; Jansa, S. A. (February 2013). "Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae): Implications for Taxonomy, Morphological Evolution, and Biogeography". American Museum Novitates. 3769 (3769): 1–36. doi: 10.1206/3769.2. hdl: 2246/6417. S2CID 55426177.
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