Orange-spined Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Coendou spinosus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 686
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou spinosus) is a porcupine species from the family Erethizontidae. 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine”.