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