Biology:Streaked dwarf porcupine

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Short description: Species of rodent

Streaked dwarf porcupine
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Erethizontidae
Genus: Coendou
Species:
C. ichillus
Binomial name
Coendou ichillus
Voss & da Silva, 2001
Sphiggurus ichillus Distribution Map.png
Range of C. ichillus

The streaked dwarf porcupine (Coendou ichillus) is a porcupine species in the family Erethizontidae.[2] It is known from the lowlands (below an altitude of 400 m) of eastern Ecuador, and may be present in Peru as well.[1] It appears to be nocturnal and arboreal in its habits.[1]

This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus,[2] a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic.[3] Its closest relatives are the frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou pruinosus) and the brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus).[3]

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