Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Coendou melanurus
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 black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

French Guiana

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 black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine?

The black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou melanurus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Erethizontidae, genus Coendou. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine

The black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou melanurus) is a porcupine species from the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.

This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus, a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. Its closest relatives are the frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou pruinosus), the brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus) and the streaked dwarf porcupine (Coendou ichillus).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine (revision 1373800001), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q28155036 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).