Frosted hairy dwarf porcupine

The frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou pruinosus) is a porcupine species in the family Erethizontidae^[2] from Colombia and northern and eastern Venezuela. It was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus,^[2] a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic.^[3] The species lives in lowland tropical rainforest and cloud forest at elevations from 50 to 2,600 meters (160 to 8,530 ft).^[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 42 and FN = 76.^[2] Its closest relative is the brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus).^[3]

Frosted hairy dwarf porcupine
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Erethizontidae
Genus:	Coendou
Species:	C. pruinosus
Binomial name
Coendou pruinosus Thomas, 1905