Bicolored-spined Porcupine
Coendou bicolor (Tschudi, 1844)
Also calledCoandu-de-duas-cores (por) · Coendou bicolore (fra) · Coendú de espinas negras (spa) · Ouriço (por) · Stidamerika-Greifstachler (deu) · Südamerikanischer Zweifarbgreifstachler (deu) · Tweekleurig Grijpstaartstekelvarken (nld) · andienpiikikkö (fin) · koendu dwubarwny (pol) · kuandu dvoubarvý (ces) · Двухцветный дикобраз (rus) · Երկգույն մացառախոզ (hye) · شيهم ذو الشوكة ثنائية اللون (ara) · フタイロオマキヤマアラシ (jpn)
First described in: Fauna Peruana p.186
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
child_taxa
Subspecies:: Subspecies Coendou bicolor subsp. bicolor Tschudi 1844 Subspecies Coendou bicolor subsp. quichua Thomas 1899 Subspecies Coendou bicolor subsp. richardsoni Allen 1913 Subspecies Coendou bicolor subsp. simonsi Thomas 1902
Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae
discussion
Discussion: May include rothschildi (Hall, 1981: 854), which Corbet and Hill (1991: 200) listed as a subspecies of bicolor (see comments under rothschildi). Emmons and Feer (1997: 218) and Alberico et al. (1999) considered quichua of the Andes of Ecuador and Colombia to be a distinct species based on small size and shorter tail. Emmons and Feer (1997: 218) suggested that richardsoni may be a valid species or allied with rothschildi, whereas Alberico et al. (1999) recognized it as a distinct species. We tentatively retain these three subspecies, awaiting a needed comprehensive review of Coendou.
Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae
distribution
Distribution: Bolivia, Peru, Andean and W Ecuador, N Colombia, SW Colombia; up to 2,500 m.
Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Peru, Junín Debt., between Tulumayo and Chanchamayo Rivers.
Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437599.