Bicolored-spined porcupine: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Coendou bicolor
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 bicolored-spined porcupine live?

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

Peru

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 bicolored-spined porcupine endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the bicolored-spined porcupine?

The bicolored-spined porcupine (Coendou bicolor) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Erethizontidae, genus Coendou. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the bicolored-spined porcupine

The bicolored-spined porcupine (Coendou bicolor) is a species of nocturnal and arboreal rodent in the family Erethizontidae.

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

The head and body of Coendou bicolor measure about 543 mm (21.4 in), and another 481 mm (18.9 in) is tail. The body is covered with dense spines, pale yellow at the base and black-tipped, and significantly darker on the midback. The bicolored-spined porcupine has a fully prehensile tail that is primarily free of spines.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Bicolored-spined porcupine (revision 1373800070), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1769911 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).