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Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Sphiggurus mexicanus (Kerr, 1792)
Also calledPuercoespín mexicano (spa)
First described in: In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom vol.1 p.214
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: San Luis Potosi and Yucatan (Mexico) to W Panama.
Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi
child_taxa
Subspecies:: Subspecies Sphiggurus mexicanus subsp. mexicanus Kerr 1792 Subspecies Sphiggurus mexicanus subsp. laenatus Thomas 1903 Subspecies Sphiggurus mexicanus subsp. yucataniae Thomas 1902
Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae
conservation
Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (Honduras); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae
discussion
Discussion: Emmons and Feer (1997: 222) indicated that the small forms from Chiriquí, Panama had been recognized as a distinct species (laenatus).
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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Every page naming Sphiggurus mexicanus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437603.