Streaked dwarf porcupine
| Streaked dwarf porcupine | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Erethizontidae |
| Genus: | Coendou |
| Species: | C. ichillus |
| Binomial name | |
| Coendou ichillus Voss & da Silva, 2001 | |
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| Range of C. ichillus | |
The streaked dwarf porcupine, Coendou ichillus, is a porcupine species in the family Erethizontidae.[2] It is known from the lowlands (below an altitude of 400 m) of eastern Ecuador, and may be present in Peru as well.[1] It appears to be nocturnal and arboreal in its habits.[1]
This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus,[2] a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic.[3] Its closest relatives are the frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou pruinosus) and the brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus).[3]
References
- 1 2 3 Weksler, M.; Anderson, R.P.; Gómez-Laverde, M. (2016). "Coendou ichillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T136597A22213629. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136597A22213629.en. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- 1 2 Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1548. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- 1 2 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" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 3769 (3769): 1–36. doi:10.1206/3769.2.
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