Echinoprocta rufescens Gray 1865

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1545-1550 : 1547

Echinoprocta rufescens Gray 1865

Echinoprocta rufescens Gray 1865 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865: 321.

Type Locality: Colombia.

Vernacular Names: Stump-tailed Porcupine.

Synonyms: Echinoprocta epixanthus (Martínez 1873) ; Echinoprocta sneiderni (Lönnberg 1937) .

Distribution: Colombia, montane areas of the eastern cordillera of Andes between 800 and 2,000 m ( Eisenberg, 1989).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Included in Coendou (Sphiggurus) by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Alberico et al. (1999).