Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Coendou mexicanus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,043
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine or Mexican tree porcupine (Coendou mexicanus) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Mexico, Nicaragua and Belize. This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus, a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. Its closest relatives are the Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua) and the stump-tailed porcupine (Coendou rufescens).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine”.