Coendou roosmalenorum
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Erethizontidae
Subfamilia: Erethizontinae
Genus: Coendou
Species: Coendou roosmalenorum
Name
[edit]Coendou roosmalenorum Voss & Silva, 2001: 24
- Holotype: INPA 2586, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Tomas van Roosmalen and Marc G.M. van Roosmalen on 23 November 1996.
- Type locality: “at the caboclo settlement of Novo Jerusalem near the left bank of the middle Rio Madeira in the Brazilian state of Amazonas”.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Voss, R.S. & Silva, M.N.F. 2001. Revisionary notes on Neotropical porcupines (Rodentia: Erethizontidae). 2. A review of the Coendou vestitus group with descriptions of two new species from Amazonia. American Museum Novitates 3351: 1–36. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2001)351<0001:RNONPR>2.0.CO;2
Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Roosmalens' Porcupine