Rothschild's Porcupine | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Erethizontidae |
Genus: | Coendou |
Species: | C. rothschildi |
Binomial name | |
Coendou rothschildi (Thomas, 1902)[2] |
Rothschild's Porcupine, Coendou rothschildi, is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae.[3] It is usually considered endemic to Panama. A population in western Ecuador belongs either to this species or to Coendou bicolor.