Coendou rufescens (Gray, 1865)

Lee Jr, Thomas E., Tinoco, Nicolas, Crockett, Seth C., Camacho, M. Alejandra & Burneo, Santiago F., 2021, Report on the mammals of Quimsacocha National Recreation Area, Azuay Province, Ecuador, Check List 17 (1), pp. 125-131 : 129

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.1.125

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scientific name

Coendou rufescens (Gray, 1865)
status

 

Coendou rufescens (Gray, 1865)

Material examined. A photographic observation was made of one individual (of unknown sex); 03°03′40″S, 079°13′55″W; elevation 3,797 m; 8 August 2018; Lee, Ti- noco and Crockett observed this specimen in herbaceous paramo.

Identification. The spines on the dorsum are tricolor, rusty at the tip with black in the middle and white at the base ( Voss 2015b). The quills on the rump and the base of tail are bicolored. The cheeks have a white patch ( Fig. 2H). The tail is about 40% of the head and body (Bar- thelmess 2016).

Remarks. The photo of this specimen represents an elevation record above 3,700 m. The previous record was 3,200 m ( Tirira 2017).

LAGOMORPHA

Family Leporidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Erethizontidae

Genus

Coendou

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