Streaked dwarf porcupine
| Streaked dwarf porcupine | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Erethizontidae |
| Genus: | Sphiggurus |
| Species: | S. ichillus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphiggurus ichillus Voss & da Silva, 2001 | |
The streaked dwarf porcupine, Sphiggurus ichillus, is a porcupine species in the family Erethizontidae.[2] It is known from the lowlands (below an altitude of 400 m) of eastern Ecuador, and may be present in Peru as well.[1] It appears to be nocturnal and arboreal in its habits.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tirira, D., Boada, C., Weksler, M., Anderson, R.P. & Gómez-Laverde, M. (2008). Sphiggurus ichillus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 1 March 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. p. 1548. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.