Erethizontidae, Bonaparte, 1845

Oliveira, Marcela Alvares & Calouro, Armando Muniz, 2020, Medium-sized and large mammals of the Cazumbá-Iracema Extractivist Reserve, Acre, Brazil, Check List 16 (1), pp. 127-136 : 133

Family Erethizontidae

Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758) , Brazilian Porcupine

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Records. Recorded by hunter interviews (09°10.241′’S, 068°57.407′W), line transect, and camera trapping.

Identification. The ears are short ears and the eyes large. The fur is composed of a mix of rigid, aculeiform, and fine hair. The fur on the dorsum varies from black to yel- lowish brown, on the ventral surface from white to gray. The tail is prehensile, with spines in the proximal half and bristles in the distal half. An adult individual can measure 47 cm high ( Emmons 1997).