| Stump-tailed Porcupine | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Erethizontidae |
| Subfamily: | Erethizontinae |
| Genus: | Echinoprocta Gray, 1865 |
| Species: | E. rufescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Echinoprocta rufescens Gray, 1865 |
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The Stump-tailed Porcupine (Echinoprocta rufescens) is a species of rodent in the Erethizontidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Echinoprocta. Stump-tailed porcupines are found mainly in Colombia, with a couple of records from Ecuador.
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