Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine
[2] 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,[2] a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic.[3] The population formerly recognized as the orange-spined hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus villosus)[4] has been reclassified to this species.[1] Its closest relatives are the bicolored-spined porcupine (Coendou bicolor) and the black dwarf porcupine (Coendou nycthemera).
Conservation statusLeast ConcernIUCN 3.1Scientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaErethizontidaeCoendouBinomial nameF. CuvierMuseo Civico di Storia Naturale di GenovaporcupineArgentinaBrazilParaguayUruguayfruitsvegetablespolyphyleticbicolored-spined porcupineblack dwarf porcupineIUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesWilson, D.E.Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)HystricomorphaHystricognathiCaviomorphaErethizontinaeBaturite porcupine (Coendou baturitensis)Bicolored-spined porcupine (Coendou bicolor)Streaked dwarf porcupine (Coendou ichillus)Bahia porcupine (Coendou insidiosus)Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou melanurus)Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou mexicanus)Black dwarf porcupine (Coendou nycthemera)Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis)Frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou pruinosus)Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua)Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine (Coendou roosmalenorum)Stump-tailed porcupine (Coendou rufescens)Santa Marta porcupine (Coendou sanctamartae)Coendou speratusBrown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus)ErethizonNorth American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)ChaetomyinaeChaetomysBristle-spined rat (Chaetomys subspinosus)WikidataWikispeciesiNaturalistOpen Tree of LifeSpecies+Observation.orgrodent