Brown hairy dwarf porcupine
| Brown hairy dwarf porcupine | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Erethizontidae |
| Genus: | Sphiggurus |
| Species: | S. vestitus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphiggurus vestitus Thomas, 1899 | |
The brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus vestitus) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae.[2] It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
- ↑ Tirira, D., Boada, C., Weksler, M., Anderson, R. P. & Gómez-Laverde, M. (2008). Sphiggurus vestitus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ↑ Woods, C. A.; Kilpatrick, C. W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.