Streaked dwarf porcupine

The streaked dwarf porcupine (Coendou ichillus) is a porcupine species in the family Erethizontidae.^[2] It is known from the lowlands (below an altitude of 400 m) of eastern Ecuador, and may be present in Peru as well.^[1] It appears to be nocturnal and arboreal in its habits.^[1]

Streaked dwarf porcupine
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Erethizontidae
Genus:	Coendou
Species:	C. ichillus
Binomial name
Coendou ichillus Voss & da Silva, 2001
Range of C. ichillus

This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus,^[2] a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic.^[3] Its closest relatives are the frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou pruinosus) and the brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus).^[3]