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Coendou rufescens (Gray, 1865)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Erethizontidae
genus
Echinoprocta
species
Echinoprocta rufescens

Name

Homonyms
Coendou rufescens (Gray, 1865)
Common names
Coendou rougeatre in French
Erizo in Spanish
Kurzschwanz-Greifstachler in German
Puerco Espín Colombiano | Erizo | Puercoerizo | Puercoespín (generalizados) in Spanish
Puercoespin de cola corta in language.
Short-tailed Porcupine in English
Short-tailed Porcupine in English
Short-tailed Porcupine in English
Stump-tailed Porcupine in English
Stump-tailed Porcupine in English
Stump-tailed Porcupine in English
Stump-tailed Porcupine in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Gómez Salazar, J. C., Ramírez Castaño, V. A., & Guevara, G. (2017). Vertebrados Terrestres de la Reserva Natural de la Central Hidroeléctrica de Caldas-CHEC-(Villamaría, Colombia): Estado del Conocimiento. Boletín Científico. Centro de Museos. Museo de Historia Natural, 21(1), 71-89. Gómez Salazar, J. C., Ramírez Castaño, V. A., & Guevara, G.
  2. VOSS RS. 2011. Revisionary notes on Neotropical porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae). 3, An annotated checklist of the species of Coendou Lacépède, 1799. American Museum Novitates 3720:1-36. ref_scmas1295
  3. Voss, Robert S., Caldonia Hubbard, Sharon A. Jansa, 2013: Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae): Implications for Taxonomy, Morphological Evolution, and Biogeography. American Museum Novitates, no. 3769. 1-36.
  4. Wilson, Don E., T. E. Lacher Jr., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2016: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I. 987.
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