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Paraguay Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Coendou spinosus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 54, February 39, March 61, April 58, May 43, June 45, July 44, August 33, September 52, October 60, November 68, December 51.
Brazil608
Sao Paulo203
Rio de Jeneiro167
Rio Grande do Sul69
Minas Gerais58
Parana46
Santa Catarina38
Espirito Santo27
Uruguay14
Paraguay13

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyNew World Porcupines · Erethizontidae
GenusNeotropical Porcupines · Coendou

Sources

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