Coendou speratus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caviomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha

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

Name

Coendou speratus Pontes, Gadelha, Melo, Sá, Loss, Caldara Jr, Costa & Leite, 2013: 424

• Holotype: MNRJ 72045 (field number ARMP 61), adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by A.R. Mendes Pontes on 25 March 2009.
• Type locality: “Mata Tauá, Usina Trapiche, municipality of Sirinhaém, state of Pernambuco, Brazil, 8°33'46.13"S 35°10'9.09"W, elevation 85 m. Mata Tauá is a 280.33 ha isolated fragment of Submontane Tropical Rainforest within Usina Trapiche, a privately owned sugar plantation”.

References

Primary references

• Pontes, A.R.M., Gadelha, J.R., Melo, E.R.A., Sá, F.B., Loss, A.C., Caldara Junior, V., Costa, L.P. & Leite, Y.L.R. 2013. A new species of porcupine, genus Coendou (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) from the Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 3636(3): 421–438. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.3.2 Reference page.