Coendou prehensilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caviomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha

Familia: Erethizontidae
Subfamilia: Erethizontinae
Genus: Coendou
Species: Coendou prehensilis

Name

Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type material: Unknown.
Type locality: “Asia, America meridionali”, restricted to “Pernambuco” by Thomas (1911: 141).

Combinations

Hystrix prehensilis Linnaeus, 1758: 57 [original combination]
Coendou prehensilis: Lacépède, 1799: 11 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Lacepède, B.G.E. 1799. Discours d'ouverture et de clôture du cours d'histoire naturelle. Donné dans le Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, l'an VII de la République, et Tableaux methodiques des mammifères et des oiseaux. Paris. MDZ. Discours pp. 1–55. Mammifères pp. 1–18. Oiseaux pp. 1–20. Reference page.
Thomas, O. 1911. The Mammals of the Tenth Edition of Linnaeus; an Attempt to fix the Types of the Genera and the exact Bases and Localities of the Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 81(1): 120–158. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1911.tb06995.x BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Leite, Y.L.R. et al. 2011. Designation of a neotype for the Brazilian porcupine, Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Zootaxa 2791: 30–40. Preview
Menezes, F.H., Feijó, A., Fernandes-Ferreira, H., Costa, I.R. & Cordeiro-Estrela, P. 2021. Integrative systematics of Neotropical porcupines of Coendou prehensilis complex (Rodentia: Erethizontidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(8): 2410–2439. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12529 Reference page.

Vernacular names

brezhoneg: Hoc'h-dreinek Brazil
Deutsch: Cuandu
English: Yellow Quill-tipped Porcupine
español: Puercoespín arborícola
français: Porc-épic brésilien
magyar: Amazoni kúszósül
Diné bizaad: Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ dahsání
polski: Koendu
português: Ouriço-cacheiro
русский: Цепкохвостый дикобраз
ไทย: เม่นต้นไม้

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