Erethizontidae

21 species

1. 1Chaetomys subspinosus (I. von Olfers, 1818) · Broomstraw-spined Porcupine · IUCN VU
2. 2Coendou baturitensis Feijó & Langguth, 2013 · Baturité Porcupine
3. 3Coendou bicolor (von Tschudi, 1845) · Bicolor-spined Porcupine
4. 4Coendou ichillus Voss & M. N. F. da Silva, 2001 · Western Amazonian Dwarf Porcupine
5. 5Coendou insidiosus (I. von Olfers, 1818) · Bahian Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
6. 6Coendou longicaudatus Daudin, 1802 · Amazonian Long-tailed Porcupine
7. 7Coendou melanurus (J. A. Wagner, 1842) · Black-tailed Porcupine
8. 8Coendou mexicanus (Kerr, 1792) · Mexican Hairy Porcupine
9. 9Coendou nycthemera (I. von Olfers, 1818) · Eastern Amazonian Dwarf Porcupine
10. 10Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Yellow Quill-tipped Porcupine
11. 11Coendou pruinosus O. Thomas, 1905 · Frosted Porcupine
12. 12Coendou quichua O. Thomas, 1899 · Quichua Porcupine
13. 13Coendou roosmalenorum Voss & M. N. F. da Silva, 2001 · Roosmalens' Porcupine
14. 14Coendou rothschildi O. Thomas, 1902 · Rothschild's Porcupine
15. 15Coendou rufescens (J. E. Gray, 1865) · Stump-tailed Porcupine
16. 16Coendou sangay J. Brito in J. Brito, Curay, León-Caldas, Lojan-Cueva, Ojala-Barbour, Pozo-Zamora, Simba, Tito, Vargas, Vega-Yánez, & Batallas, 2026 · Sangay Porcupine · newer than the 2023 backbone
17. 17Coendou speratus Mendes Pontes, Gadelha, É. R. A. Melo, de Sá, Loss, Caldara Júnior, L. P. Costa, & Y. L. R. Leite, 2013 · Pernambuco Dwarf Porcupine · IUCN VU
18. 18Coendou spinosus (F. Cuvier, 1823) · Paraguayan Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
19. 19Coendou vestitus O. Thomas, 1899 · Blackish Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
20. 20Coendou vossi Ramírez-Chaves, Mazepa, D. M. Morales-Martínez, Suárez-Castro, Colmenares-Pinzón, Pulido-Santacruz, & Noguera-Urbano, 2025 · Voss' Porcupine · newer than the 2023 backbone
21. 21Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus, 1758) · North American Porcupine

Source: Mammal Diversity Database (mammaldiversity.org), 6904 species, fetched 2026-10-18.