Biology:Amazonian long-tailed porcupine

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Short description: Species of rodent

Amazonian long-tailed porcupine
Photo of a porcupine in a tree partially obscured by leaves and branches
Coendou longicaudatus in Goiás, Brazil
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Erethizontidae
Genus: Coendou
Species:
C. longicaudatus
Binomial name
Coendou longicaudatus
Daudin, 1802

The Amazonian long-tailed porcupine (Coendou longicaudatus), also known as Cerrado's long-tailed porcupine, is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae, the New World porcupines.[1] Found across most of South America, it was first described by François Marie Daudin in 1802.[2] It was for some time considered a subspecies of the Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis). C. prehensilis was split into three distinct species in 2021:[3]

  • the Brazilian porcupine, C. prehensilis;
  • the Amazonian long-tailed porcupine, C. longicaudatus; and
  • the Baturite porcupine, C. baturitensis.

The species has been recorded as exhibiting albinism[4] and is susceptible to several fungal infections.[5]

A photo of a porcupine standing on its hind legs near a ledge
An Amazonian long-tailed porcupine seen in Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Coendou longicaudatus (id=1006591)". American Society of Mammalogists. https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006591. 
  2. ↑ Daudin, F.M. (1802-10-21). Buffon, G.-L.L. de.. ed. "Tableau des divisions, sous-divisions, ordres et genres des mammifères, par le Cen Lacepéde; Avec l'indication de toutes les espèces décrites par Buffon, et leur distribution dans chacun des genres". Histoire naturelle par Buffon. Quadrupèdes. Tome quatorzième (Paris: P. Didot et Firmin Didot): 143–195. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64910. OCLC 30927141. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033422#page/224/mode/1up. 
  3. ↑ Menezes, Fernando Heberson; Feijó, Anderson; Fernandes-Ferreira, Hugo; da Costa, Itayguara Ribeiro; Cordeiro-Estrela, Pedro (2021). "Integrative systematics of Neotropical porcupines of Coendou prehensilis complex (Rodentia: Erethizontidae)" (in en). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59 (8): 2410–2439. doi:10.1111/jzs.12529. ISSN 1439-0469. 
  4. ↑ Pommer-Barbosa, Raul Alfonso; Alvares Oliveira, Marcela; da Cruz Prestes, André Luiz (2022). "First record of albinism in Coendou (Coendou) longicaudatus Daudin, 1802 (Rodentia, Erethizontidae) in the state of Rondônia, Brazil" (in es). Notas sobre Mamíferos Sudamericanos 04 (1): 001–007. doi:10.31687/SaremNMS22.6.1. ISSN 2618-4788. https://ojs.sarem.org.ar/index.php/nms/article/view/840/143. 
  5. ↑ Caldeira, Ana Carolina Lemos; Hennig, Morgana M.; Costa, Marco T. D.S.; Calvache, Tatiana G. P.; dos Santos, Ícaro G.; de Aguiar, Daniel M.; Morgado, Thais O.; Colodel, Edson M. et al. (2025-02-20). "Infection by Histoplasma capsulatum and Candida tropicalis in a Coendou longicaudatus boliviensis (neotropical porcupine)" (in en). Brazilian Journal of Microbiology 56 (2): 1437–1441. doi:10.1007/s42770-025-01643-8. ISSN 1517-8382. PMID 39979775. PMC 12095697. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s42770-025-01643-8. 

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