Frosted hairy dwarf porcupine
Species of rodent
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The frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou pruinosus) is a porcupine species in the family Erethizontidae[2] from Colombia and northern and eastern Venezuela. It was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus,[2] a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic.[3] The species lives in lowland tropical rainforest and cloud forest at elevations from 50 to 2,600 meters (160 to 8,530 ft).[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 42 and FN = 76.[2] Its closest relative is the brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus).[3]
| Frosted hairy dwarf porcupine | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Erethizontidae |
| Genus: | Coendou |
| Species: | C. pruinosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Coendou pruinosus Thomas, 1905 | |
