Stump-tailed Porcupine
Echinoprocta rufescens Gray, 1865
First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1865 p.321
The stump-tailed porcupine (Coendou rufescens) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found mainly in Colombia, with a few records from Ecuador.
This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Echinoprocta, a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to nest within Coendou. Its closest relative is the Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua).
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Included in Coendou (Sphiggurus) by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Alberico et al. (1999).
Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae
distribution
Distribution: Colombia, montane areas of the eastern cordillera of Andes between 800 and 2,000 m (Eisenberg, 1989).
Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Colombia, montane areas of the eastern cordillera of Andes between 800 and 2,000 m elevation (Eisenberg, 1989).
Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi
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 2437596.