Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Coendou spinosus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Erethizontidae

Where does the Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine in 2 countries and territories across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Campo Novo do Parecis, South America.

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 Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine endangered?

The Paraguaian 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 Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine?

The Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou spinosus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Erethizontidae, genus Coendou. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine

The Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou spinosus) is a porcupine species from the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

They have a short tail and gray brown quills and feed on fruits, ant pupae, vegetables and roots.

This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus, a genus no longer recognised since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. The population formerly recognised as the orange-spined hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus villosus) has been reclassified to this species. Its closest relatives are the bicolored-spined porcupine (Coendou bicolor) and the black dwarf porcupine (Coendou nycthemera).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine (revision 1324390630), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q28155021 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).