Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Erethizontidae |
Genus: | Coendou |
Species: | C. roosmalenorum
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Binomial name | |
Coendou roosmalenorum | |
Synonyms | |
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Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine (Coendou roosmalenorum) is a porcupine species from the New World porcupine family likely endemic to northern Brazil. Only three specimens were known at the time, and only one had a collection locality. [2] [3] It is named for Marc van Roosmalen and his son Tomas, whose collections from the middle Madeira included the first known specimens. [3] It was soon assigned to the genus Sphiggurus, [2] although this genus was not recognized by the authors. [3] Genetic studies in 2013 have since showed Sphiggurus to be polyphyletic (this taxon was omitted from the study). [4] Nonetheless it is commonly classified as Sphiggurus roosmalenorum. [5] [6] Coendou roosmalenorum may be misspelled due to a conflicting basionym combination. [7]
Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Erethizontidae |
Genus: | Coendou |
Species: | C. roosmalenorum
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Binomial name | |
Coendou roosmalenorum | |
Synonyms | |
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Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine (Coendou roosmalenorum) is a porcupine species from the New World porcupine family likely endemic to northern Brazil. Only three specimens were known at the time, and only one had a collection locality. [2] [3] It is named for Marc van Roosmalen and his son Tomas, whose collections from the middle Madeira included the first known specimens. [3] It was soon assigned to the genus Sphiggurus, [2] although this genus was not recognized by the authors. [3] Genetic studies in 2013 have since showed Sphiggurus to be polyphyletic (this taxon was omitted from the study). [4] Nonetheless it is commonly classified as Sphiggurus roosmalenorum. [5] [6] Coendou roosmalenorum may be misspelled due to a conflicting basionym combination. [7]