Baturite porcupine

Species of rodent

Baturite porcupine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Erethizontidae
Genus: Coendou
Species:
C. baturitensis
Binomial name
Coendou baturitensis
Feijó & Langguth, 2013

The Baturite porcupine (Coendou baturitensis) is a nocturnal species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae that is found in Brazil.[1] The name refers to the locality of origin, a forests on a mountain range similar to the Brejos de Altitude of the Brazilian Northeast where a fauna different from that of the surrounding semiarid Caatinga can be found.[2]

References

  1. ^ "New mountain porcupine discovered in Brazil (photos)". Mongabay Environmental News. 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  2. ^ Prostak, Sergio (2013-12-02). "Coendou baturitensis: New Porcupine Discovered in Brazil | Biology | Sci-News.com". Sci.News: Breaking Science News. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
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Extant species of family Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Mammalia
  • Order: Rodentia
  • Suborder: Hystricomorpha
  • Infraorder: Hystricognathi
  • Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Erethizontinae
Coendou
(Prehensile-tailed
porcupines)
  • Baturite porcupine (Coendou baturitensis)
  • Bicolored-spined porcupine (Coendou bicolor)
  • Streaked dwarf porcupine (Coendou ichillus)
  • Bahia porcupine (Coendou insidiosus)
  • Amazonian long-tailed porcupine (Coendou longicaudatus)
  • Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou melanurus)
  • Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou mexicanus)
  • Black dwarf porcupine (Coendou nycthemera)
  • Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis)
  • Frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou pruinosus)
  • Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua)
  • Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine (Coendou roosmalenorum)
  • Stump-tailed porcupine (Coendou rufescens)
  • Santa Marta porcupine (Coendou sanctamartae)
  • Coendou speratus
  • Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou spinosus)
  • Brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus)
Erethizon
  • North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
Chaetomyinae
Chaetomys
  • Bristle-spined rat (Chaetomys subspinosus)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Coendou baturitensis