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Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Sphiggurus melanurus (Wagner, 1842)
First described in: Archiv. für Naturg. vol.I p.360
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Considered conspecific with insidiosus by Cabrera (1961) and Husson (1978), but see Voss and Angermann (1997). Considered a distinct species by Emmons and Feer (1997), Handley and Pine (1992), and Voss and Angermann (1997); a position supported by molecular and karyotypic data (Bonvicino et al., 2002 a). Karyotype has 2 n = 72 and FN = 76 (Bonvicino et al., 2002 a).
Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae
distribution
Distribution: North of the Amazon in the Amazon Basin of Brazil, the Guianas, Colombia, and probably Venezuela.
Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4264792.