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Eopululo

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Rodentia

Family
  
Erethizontidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Infraorder
  
Hystricognathi

Genus
  
Eopululo

Eopululo is the oldest known genus of New World porcupines (Erethizontidae). It is known only from the possibly late Eocene Santa Rosa local fauna of eastern Peru. There is only one species in the genus, Eopululo wigmorei. It was described in 2004, and it is a member of one of the oldest rodent faunas known from South America.

References

Eopululo Wikipedia