Stump-tailed Porcupine
Coendou rufescens
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 100
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The stump-tailed porcupine (Coendou rufescens) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found mainly in Colombia, with a few records from Ecuador. This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Echinoprocta, a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to nest within Coendou. Its closest relative is the Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Stump-tailed porcupine”.