Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine
Species of rodent
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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.[2][3] It is named for Marc van Roosmalen and his son Tomas, whose collections from the middle Madeira included the first known specimens.[3] It was soon assigned to the genus Sphiggurus,[2] although this genus was not recognized by the authors.[3] Genetic studies in 2013 have since showed Sphiggurus to be polyphyletic (this taxon was omitted from the study).[4] Nonetheless, it is commonly classified as Sphiggurus roosmalenorum.[5][6] Coendou roosmalenorum may be misspelled due to a conflicting basionym combination.[7]
| Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Erethizontidae |
| Genus: | Coendou |
| Species: | C. roosmalenorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Coendou roosmalenorum Voss & da Silva, 2001 | |
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