Paraguaian Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

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Paraguaian Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Erethizontidae
Genus: Sphiggurus
Species: S. spinosus
Binomial name
Sphiggurus spinosus
(Cuvier, 1822)

The Paraguaian Hairy Dwarf Porcupine, Sphiggurus spinosus, is a South American porcupine species from the Erethizontidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

They have a short tail and gray brown hair and feed on fruits, ant pupae, vegetables and roots.

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