Brown hairy dwarf porcupine

Brown hairy dwarf porcupine
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Erethizontidae
Genus:	Sphiggurus
Species:	S. vestitus
Binomial name
Sphiggurus vestitus Thomas, 1899

The brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus vestitus) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae.^[2] It is found in the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Studies have shown it is not easy to study as it is only known from a few specimens and wasn't recorded since 1925 until the 2000s. It is nocturnal and arboreal, feeding on leaves, shoots, and fruits. It is severely threatened by habitat loss in its habitat area and it may even be extinct. It was formerly listed as Vulnerable until its current listing Data Deficient. It is not known from any protected areas or conservation measures.^[3]

References

1. Tirira, D., Boada, C., Weksler, M., Anderson, R. P. & Gómez-Laverde, M. (2008). Sphiggurus vestitus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
2. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
3. "Rodent Conservation Assessment". waza.org. Retrieved June 24, 2015.