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Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Erethizontidae

Scientific name
  
Sphiggurus roosmalenorum

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Rodentia

Genus
  
Coendou

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Sphiggurus, Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine, Streaked dwarf porcupine, Black‑tailed hairy dwarf porcupine, Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine

Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine, Coendou roosmalenorum, is a porcupine species from the New World porcupine family endemic to northern Brazil. It is named for Marc van Roosmalen and his son Tomas, whose collections from the middle Madeira included the first known specimens. It was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus, a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic.

References

Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine Wikipedia