Authority citation: Olfers, I. von. 1818. Bemerkungen zu Illiger's Ueberblick der Säugthiere, nach ihrer Vertheilung über die Welttheile, rücksichtlich der Südamericanischen Arten (Species). Pp. 192–237 in Eschwege, W.L. (eds.). Journal von Brasilien, oder vermischte Nachrichten aus Brasilien, auf wissenschaftlichen Reisen gesammelt. Zweiter Heft. Privilegirtes Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, Weimar, 304 pp.
Authority publication link: https://archive.org/details/DELTA54086_2FA/page/n215
Original name as described: Hystrix insidiosa
Nominal names: insidiosa (Illiger, 1815) [nomen nudum] | insidiosus (I. von Olfers, 1818) | insidiosus (H. Lichtenstein, 1818) [preoccupied] | pallidus (G. R. Waterhouse, 1848)
Other common names: Bahia Porcupine
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Erethizontidae -- Subfamily: Erethizontinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ZMB 1298
Type locality: "Brazil." Restricted by R. S. Voss and R. Angermann in 1997 to Salvador, northern Bahia, Brazil.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Brazil (BRA)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: moved from Sphiggurus to Coendou
Citation: Voss, R.S. 2011. Revisionary notes on Neotropical porcupines (Rodentia: Erethizontidae). 3. an anno-tated checklist of the species of Coendou lacépède, 1799. american Museum Novitates 3720: 1–36.
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