Family

Erethizontidae

6 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Rodentia › Erethizontidae

Sphiggurus spinosus (F.Cuvier, 1823)

The Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine is an erethizontid porcupine found in four South American countries.

Coendou quichua Thomas, 1899

Coendou quichua, the Andean porcupine, is a medium-sized prehensile-tailed porcupine with little-studied ecology.

Sphiggurus mexicanus (Kerr, 1792)

Sphiggurus mexicanus is an arboreal, nocturnal New World porcupine found mostly alone, with females bearing one offspring.

Echinoprocta rufescens Gray, 1865

The stump-tailed porcupine is an Erethizontidae rodent found mostly in Colombia, closely related to the Andean porcupine.

Coendou longicaudatus Daudin, 1802

Coendou longicaudatus is a New World porcupine rodent found across most of South America, split as a distinct species in 2021.

Erethizon dorsatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Erethizon dorsatus, the North American porcupine, is a large North American rodent described for its traits, distribution, and reproduction.

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Sciuridae 144 species Cricetidae 53 species Muridae 30 species Heteromyidae 16 species Geomyidae 12 species Caviidae 11 species Dasyproctidae 7 species Dipodidae 6 species

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