Sphiggurus

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Sphiggurus
Sphiggurus mexicanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Erethizontidae
Subfamily: Erethizontinae
Genus: Sphiggurus
F. Cuvier, 1825
Species

Sphiggurus ichillus
Sphiggurus insidiosus
Sphiggurus melanurus
Sphiggurus mexicanus
Sphiggurus pruinosus
Sphiggurus roosmalenorum
Sphiggurus spinosus
Sphiggurus vestitus
Sphiggurus villosus

Sphiggurus is a genus of porcupine.

[edit] References

  • 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.