Paraguaian Hairy Dwarf Porcupine | |
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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 family Erethizontidae.[2] It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
They have a short tail and gray brown quills and feed on fruits, ant pupae, vegetables and roots.
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