Stump-tailed porcupine

The stump-tailed porcupine (Coendou rufescens) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae.^[2] It is found mainly in Colombia, with a few records from Ecuador.

Stump-tailed 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. rufescens
Binomial name
Coendou rufescens (J. E. Gray, 1865)

This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Echinoprocta,^[2] a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to nest within Coendou.^[3] Its closest relative is the Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua).^[3]