Bicolor-spined Porcupine
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C. b. bicolor Tschudi, 1844 |
The Bicolor-spined Porcupine (Coendou bicolor) is a species of rodent in the Erethizontidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
The head and body of Coendou bicolor measure about 543 mm, and another 481 mm is tail. The body is covered with dense spines, pale yellow at the base and black-tipped, and significantly darker on the midback. The Bicolour-spined Porcupine has a fully prehensile tail that is primarily free of spines (Eisenberg, 1989).
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Coendou bicolor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
- Eisenberg, J. F. 1989 "Mammals of the Neotropics" volume 1 - The Northern Neotropics. Pp 391. University of Chicago Press, Chicago IL
- 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.
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