Coendou speratus

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Coendou speratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Erethizontidae
Genus: Coendou
Species:
C. speratus
Binomial name
Coendou speratus
Pontes, Gadelha, Melo, de Sá, Loss Junior, Costa & Leite, 2013

Coendou speratus, known locally as coandumirim and commonly as the dwarf porcupine,

Coendou nycthemera by its tricolored quills whereas nycthemera is bicoloured.[2]

Originally found in the Pernambuco Centre of Endemism in 2013, it was later discovered also at Murici Ecological Station[3] and later at Garanhuns as well.[4]

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