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Roosmalen s Dwarf Porcupine

Coendou roosmalenorum

Classification

Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine (Coendou roosmalenorum) is a porcupine species from the New World porcupine family likely endemic to northern Brazil. Only three specimens were known at the time, and only one had a collection locality. It is named for Marc van Roosmalen and his son Tomas, whose collections from the middle Madeira included the first known specimens.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil