Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

discussion

Discussion: Reviewed by Voss and da Silva (2001), who included Sphiggurus in Coendou. Includes pruinosus according to Cabrera (1961), Concepción and Molinari (1991), Woods (1993), and Soriano and Ochoa (1997), but see Voss and da Silva (2001) for a discussion of the morphological distinctiveness of these two taxa. Assigned to vestitus group based on presence of bristle-quills (Voss and da Silva, 2001).

Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae

distribution

Distribution: Colombia, small area of the E Andean cordillera about 60 km WNW of Bogotá at about 1300 m.

Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae

discussion

COMMENTS: Includes pruinosus Thomas, 1905 (see Cabrera, 1961: 284). But also see Handley (1976: 55), who listed pruinosus as distinct species, without comment. Emmons and Feer (1990: 201) also considered pruinosus as a distinct species (Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine), which is " apparently rare, known only from a few specimens " from the Andes near Mérida, Venezuela. Formerly included in Coendou (see comment under Sphiggurus).

Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi

distribution

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia, W Venezuela south of Lake Maracaibo at [+ / -] 2,600 m elevation.

Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi