Bahia porcupine
| Bahia 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. insidiosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Coendou insidiosus (Olfers, 1818)
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The Bahia porcupine (Coendou insidiosus), is a
polyphyletic.[3] Sphiggurus pallidus, formerly considered a separate species but known from two young specimens only, is a synonym of this species.[1]