Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine
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The Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou spinosus) is a porcupine species from the family Erethizontidae.[1] 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.
This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus,[1] a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic.[2] The population formerly recognized as the orange-spined hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus villosus)[3] has been reclassified to this species.[4] Its closest relatives are the bicolored-spined porcupine (Coendou bicolor) and the black dwarf porcupine (Coendou nycthemera).[2]
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- John F. Eisenberg and Kent H. Redford, 2000. Mammals of Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.
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