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Paraguaian Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Sphiggurus spinosus (F.Cuvier, 1823)
First described in: Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris vol.9 p.433
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (Uruguay); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae
discussion
Discussion: Possibly restricted to the shores of the Paraná River. Formerly included in Coendou; see Husson (1978) and comments under Sphiggurus. Emmons and Feer (1997: 221) considered paragayensis to be a separate species (Paraguay Hairy Dwarf Porcupine). Cabrera (1961: 602) noted that Oken’s names are not recognized, but if Oken’s name is accepted, the type species for Sphiggurus becomes paragayensis (see Tate, 1935: 307). Emmons and Feer (1997) included villosus and suggested that spinosus may intergrade with insidosus.
Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae
distribution
Distribution: Paraguay, S and E Brazil, NE Argentina, Uruguay.
Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae
discussion
COMMENTS: Possibly restricted to the shores of the Paranâ River. Formerly included in Coendou; see Husson (1978) and comment under Sphiggurus. Emmons and Feer (1990: 200) considered the correct species name to be paragayensis Oken, 1816, which does predate Cuvier's name, but Cabrera (1961: 602) noted that Oken's names are not recognized. If Oken's name is accepted, then the type species for Sphiggurus becomes paragayensis (see Tate, 1935: 307).
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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In the stacks
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Every page naming Sphiggurus spinosus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437605.