Authority citation: Gray, J.E. 1865-06. Notice of an apparently undescribed species of American porcupine. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865(1):321-322.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497260
Original name as described: Erethizon (Echinoprocta) rufescens
Nominal names: rufescens (J. E. Gray, 1865) | sneiderni Lönnberg, 1937
Other common names: Short-tailed Porcupine
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Erethizontidae -- Subfamily: Erethizontinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1853.9.28.30
Type locality: "Columbia [= Colombia]."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Colombia (COL) | Ecuador (ECU) | Peru (PER) | Bolivia (BOL)
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 Echinoprocta 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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