Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Coendou vestitus
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Erethizontidae
The brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. Found in the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela, its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is not easy to study as it is known only from a few specimens and was not recorded from 1925 until the 2000s.
Sphiggurus vestitus est une espèce qui fait partie des rongeurs de la famille des Erethizontidae appelés porcs-épics préhensiles. On rencontre ce porc-épic en Colombie et au Venezuela. Ce sont des animaux terrestres arboricoles que l'on rencontre dans les forêts humides subtropicales.
El puercoespín enano (Coendou vestitus) es una especie de roedor de la familia Erethizontidae. Es endémica los Andes en Colombia, su hábitat natural es tropical en bosques entre 1. 200 y 2.
Distribution
More from the same family
Bicolored-spined Porcupine
Coendou bicolor
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ErethizontidaeBlack-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Coendou melanurus
ErethizontidaeMexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Coendou mexicanus
ErethizontidaeBrazilian Porcupine
Coendou prehensilis
ErethizontidaeAndean Porcupine
Coendou quichua
ErethizontidaeStump-tailed Porcupine
Coendou rufescens
Erethizontidae