Family Erethizontidae Scientific name Sphiggurus pruinosus | Phylum Chordata Genus Coendou Rank Species | |
Similar Black‑tailed hairy dwarf porcupine, Streaked dwarf porcupine, Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine, Stump‑tailed porcupine, Rothschild's porcupine | ||
The frosted hairy dwarf porcupine, Coendou pruinosus, is a porcupine species in the family Erethizontidae from Colombia and northern and eastern Venezuela. It was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus, a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. The species lives in lowland tropical rainforest and cloud forest at elevations from 50 to 2,600 meters (160 to 8,530 ft). Its karyotype has 2n = 42 and FN = 76. Its closest relative is the brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus).
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