Bahia porcupine: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Bahia porcupine lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Coendou insidiosus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Erethizontidae

Where does the Bahia porcupine live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Bahia porcupine in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Brazil. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Brazil

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Bahia porcupine endangered?

The Bahia porcupine’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Bahia porcupine?

The Bahia porcupine (Coendou insidiosus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Erethizontidae, genus Coendou. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Bahia porcupine

The Bahia porcupine (Coendou insidiosus), is a New World porcupine species in the family Erethizontidae endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. It was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus, a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. Sphiggurus pallidus, formerly considered a separate species but known from two young specimens only, is a synonym of this species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Bahia porcupine (revision 1355945363), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q28155039 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).