Biology:Santa Marta porcupine

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Short description: Species of rodent

Santa Marta porcupine
Coendou prehensilis sanctamartae.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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 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 been described as a subspecies of C. prehensilis,[2] although the latter may be a species complex.[1][3] Its karyotype has 2n = 74, FN = 82.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2461473 entry