Coendou nycthemera

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Infraordo: Caviomorpha
Familia: Erethizontidae
Subfamilia: Erethizontinae
Genus: Coendou
Species: Coendou nycthemera

Name

Coendou nycthemera Olfers, 1818

Synonyms

* Coendou koopmani Handley & Pine, 1992

Vernacular names

References

* Coendou nycthemera in Mammal Species of the World.
* Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder

The Black Dwarf Porcupine, also known as Koopman's Porcupine, Coendou nycthemera, is a porcupine species from the New World porcupine family endemic to northern Brazil. It occurs in Amazonia east of the Rio Madeira and south of the Amazon River. It was described as Coendou koopmani by Charles O. Handley, Jr. and Ronald H. Pine in 1992, but was subsequently found to be identical to a species described in 1818.

References

1. ^ Dunnum, J. & Delgado, C. (2008). Coendou nycthemera. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.

* Natureserve.org
* Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.