Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
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The Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine or Mexican Tree Porcupine (Sphiggurus mexicanus) is a species of rodent in the Erethizontidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, possibly Belize, and possibly Nicaragua.
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- Baillie, J. 1996. Sphiggurus mexicanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- 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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