C. nycthemera
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Small |
Does not cover the quills |
Tricolored or bicolored. Basal band short and yellowish, medial band blackish and long. Distal band, when present, very short. May be whitish, yellowish or orangish |
Bicolored. Short basal band yellowish and long distal band blackish |
(HBL: 344±22mm; LT: 313±25mm) |
(Voss & Angermann 1997VOSS, R.S. & ANGERMANN, R. 1997. Revisionary Notes on Neotropical Porcupines (Rodentia: Erethizontidae). 1. Type material described by Olfers (1818) and Kuhl (1820) in the Berlin Zoological Museum. Am. Museum Novit. (3214):1-44.) |
C. bicolor
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Large |
Does not cover the quills |
Bicolored. |
Bicolored. |
(Mean HBL: 457mm; Mean LT: 422 mm) |
Short basal band slightly yellowish; long distal band blackish |
Short basal band yel- lowish; long distal band blackish |
(Voss 2011VOSS, R.S. 2011. Revisionary Notes on Neotropical Porcupines (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) 3. An annoted Checklist on the species of Coendou Lacépède, 1799. Am. Museum Novit. (3720):1-36.) |
C. ichillus
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Small |
Does not cover the quills |
Substituted by Tricolored bristle-quills. Basal band is yellowish, medial band is blackish and distal band is whitish. All bands above the same length |
Bicolored. Yellowish basal band and blackish distal band, above the same length |
(HBL: 275mm; LT: 245mm)
|
Amazonian C. prehensilis
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Large |
Does not cover the quills |
Bicolored and tricolored. Tricolored quills have basal band slightly yel- lowish, long blackish medial band and short whitish distal band. Bicol- ored quills have slightly yellowish basal band and the blackish distal band |
Bicolored and tricolored. Tricolored quills have basal band yellowish, long blackish medial band and short whitish distal band. Bicolored quills have yellowish basal band and the blackish distal band |
(HBL: 451±25mm; LT: 453±31mm |
(Voss 2011VOSS, R.S. 2011. Revisionary Notes on Neotropical Porcupines (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) 3. An annoted Checklist on the species of Coendou Lacépède, 1799. Am. Museum Novit. (3720):1-36.) |
C. melanurus
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Small |
Covers the quills |
Guard hairs. |
Bicolored. |
(Mean HBL: 385mm; Mean LT: 373mm) |
Long yellowish basal band, blackish medial band and long pale yel- lowish distal band |
Long strongly yellowish basal band with an incon- spicuous blackish distal band |
(Voss et al. 2001, p.136VOSS, R.S., LUNDE, D.P. & SIMMONS, N.B. 2001. The Mammals of Paracou, French Guiana: a neotropical lowland rainforest fauna Part 2. Nonvolant species. Bull. Am. Museum Nat. Hist. 2631-236.) |
C. roosmalenorum
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Small |
Covers the quills |
Substituted by bristle- quills. Long yellowish basal band, blackish medial band and slightly yellowish distal band |
Bicolored. |
(HBL ~290mm; LT ~250mm) |
Long strongly yellowish basal band with a short blackish distal band |
(Voss & da Silva 2001VOSS, R.S. & DA SILVA, M.N.F. 2001. Revisionary Notes on Neotropical Porcupines (Rodentia: Erethizontidae). 2 . A review of the Coendou vestitus group with descriptions of two new species from Amazonia. Am. Museum Novit. (3351):1-36.) |
C. baturitensis
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Large |
Does not cover the quills |
Bicolored and tricolored. Tricolored quills have whitish basal band, long brownish medial band and short whitish distal band. Bicolored quills have short whitish basal band and long brownish distal band |
Bicolored and tricolored. Tricolored quills have whitish basal band, long brownish medial band and short whitish distal band. Bicolored quills have short whitish basal band and long brownish distal band |
(HBL: 500mm; LT: 460mm) |
(Feijó & Langguth 2013FEIJÓ, A. & LANGGUTH, A. 2013. Mamíferos de médio e grande porte do Nordeste do Brasil: Distribuição e taxonomia, com descrição de novas espécies. Rev. Nord. Biol. 22(1):3-225.) |