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Rothchild's Porcupine
Coendou rothschildi Thomas, 1902
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7 vol.10 p.169
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
COMMENT: Possibly a subspecies of bicolor; see Hall, 1981: 854, and Goldman, 1920, Smithson. Misc. Coll., 69: 135. Corbet and Hill, 1980: 189, listed rothschildi as a subspecies of bicolor.
Order Rodentia (Part 6)
discussion
COMMENTS: Possibly a subspecies of bicolor (Goldman, 1920: 135; Hall, 1981: 854). Corbet and Hill (1991: 200) listed rothschildi as a subspecies of bicolor. Emmons and Feer (1990: 198) stated that if C. rothschildi is valid, the C. " bicolor " west of the Andes are probably C. rothschildi.
Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi
discussion
Discussion: Possibly a subspecies of bicolor (Goldman, 1920: 135; Hall, 1981: 854). Corbet and Hill (1991: 200) listed rothschildi as a subspecies of bicolor. Emmons and Feer (1997: 218) stated that if C. rothschildi is a valid species, the C. " bicolor " west of the Andes are possibly rothschildi. Karyotype has 2 n = 74 and FN = 84 (George and Weir, 1974).
Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae
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