Prehensile-tailed porcupine
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The prehensile-tailed porcupines or coendous (genus Coendou) are found in Central and South America.[2] Two other formerly recognized Neotropical tree porcupine genera, Echinoprocta[3] and Sphiggurus,[4] have been subsumed into Coendou, since Sphiggurus was shown by genetic studies to be polyphyletic, while Echinoprocta nested within Coendou.[5]
Quick Facts Prehensile-tailed porcupines Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Recent, Scientific classification ...
Prehensile-tailed porcupines Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Recent[1] | |
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Coendou prehensilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Erethizontidae |
Subfamily: | Erethizontinae |
Genus: | Coendou Lacépède, 1799 |
Type species | |
Hystrix prehensilis | |
Species | |
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