Santa Marta porcupine
| Santa Marta porcupine | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Erethizontidae |
| Genus: | Coendou |
| Species: | C. sanctamartae |
| Binomial name | |
| Coendou sanctamartae Allen, 1904 | |
The Santa Marta porcupine (Coendou sanctamartae) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is known from dry forests on the lower slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Serranía del Perijá mountains of northern Colombia, at altitudes below 500 and 1100 m, respectively, and intervening lowlands, and may also be present in nearby parts of Venezuela.[1] It has sometimes been described as a subspecies of C. prehensilis.[2] Its karyotype has 2n = 74, FN = 82.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Tirira, D., Boada, C., Weksler, M., Anderson, R.P. & Gómez-Laverde, M. (2008). Coendou sanctamartae. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
- ↑ 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. p. 1547. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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