Santa Marta porcupine

The Santa Marta porcupine (Coendou sanctamartae) is a rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is known from dry forests on the lower slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Serranía del Perijá mountains of northern Colombia, at altitudes below 500 and 1100 m, respectively, and intervening lowlands, and may also be present in nearby parts of Venezuela.^[1] It has been described as a subspecies of C. prehensilis,^[2] although the latter may be a species complex.^[1][3] Its karyotype has 2n = 74, FN = 82.^[3]

Santa Marta porcupine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Erethizontidae
Genus:	Coendou
Species:	C. sanctamartae
Binomial name
Coendou sanctamartae Allen, 1904