Coendou longicaudatus

Coendou longicaudatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caviomorpha
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha

Familia: Erethizontidae
Subfamilia: Erethizontinae
Genus: Coendou
Species: Coendou longicaudatus

Name

Coendou longicaudatus Daudin, 1802: 172

• Type material: Unknown. [based on the “Coendou à longue queue” of Buffon (1789: 125)]
• Type locality: not stated, cited as “Cayenne” by Buffon (1789: 125).

References

Additional references

• Menezes, F.H., Feijó, A., Fernandes-Ferreira, H., Costa, I.R. & Cordeiro-Estrela, P. 2021. Integrative systematics of Neotropical porcupines of Coendou prehensilis complex (Rodentia: Erethizontidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(8): 2410–2439. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12529 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Amazonian Long-tailed Porcupine