Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine
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Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine (Coendou roosmalenorum) is a porcupine species from the New World porcupine family likely endemic to northern Brazil. Only three specimens were known at the time, and only one had a collection locality.[1][2] It is named for Marc van Roosmalen and his son Tomas, whose collections from the middle Madeira included the first known specimens.[2] It was soon assigned to the genus Sphiggurus,[1] although this genus was not recognized by the authors.[2] Genetic studies in 2013 have since showed Sphiggurus to be polyphyletic (this taxon was omitted from the study).[3] Nonetheless it is commonly classified as Sphiggurus roosmalenorum.[4][5] Coendou roosmalenorum may be misspelled due to a conflicting basionym combination.[6]
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