Coendou speratus

Coendou speratus
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Erethizontidae
Genus:	Coendou
Species:	C. speratus
Binomial name
	Coendou speratus; Pontes, Gadelha, Melo, de Sá, Loss Junior, Costa & Leite, 2013

Coendou speratus, known locally as coandumirim and commonly as the dwarf porcupine,^[1] is small porcupine of the Coendou genus found in northeastern Brazil. This small porcupine has a long tail and a spiny appearance as its dorsal fur is not long. Its dorsal colouring is blackish which contrasts with the brownish tips of its quills. It is distinguished from Coendou nycthemera by its tricolored quills whereas nycthemera is bicoloured.^[2]

Originally found in the Pernambuco Centre of Endemism in 2013, it was later discovered also at Murici Ecological Station^[3] and later at Garanhuns as well.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Roach, N.; Mendes Pontes, A.R. (2020). "Coendou speratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T46205559A166610234. IUCN. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T46205559A166610234.en.
^ Pontes, Antonio Rossano Mendes; Gadelha, José Ramon; Melo, Éverton R. A.; de Sá, Fabrício Bezerra; Loss, Ana Carolina; Caldara Junior, Vilacio; Costa, Leonora Pires; Leite, Yuri L. R. (2013). "A new species of porcupine, genus Coendou (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) from the Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 3636 (3): 421–438. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3636.3.2. ISSN 1175-5326. PMID 26042302.
^ Anna Ludmilla da Costa Pinto Nascimento; Janisson Willames dos Santos (14 October 2014). "Coendou speratus Mendes Pontes, Gadelha, Melo, Sá, Loss, Caldara Jr., Costa & Leite, 2013 (Mammalia, Rodentia, Erethizontidae) in northeastern Brazil: filling gaps in its geographical distribution". Check List. 10 (5). Magnolia Press: 1223–1225. doi:10.15560/10.5.1223. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
^ Barbosa Leal, Edson Silva; Gomes-Silva, Felipe F.; Lyra-Neves, Rachel M. de; Telino-Júnior, Wallce R. (2017). "Range extension and first record of Coendou speratus Mendes Pontes et al., 2013 (Rodentia, Erethizontidae) from a cloud forest enclave in northeastern Brazil". Check List. 13 (6): 951–957. doi:10.15560/13.6.951.

[iucn-1] Roach, N.; Mendes Pontes, A.R. (2020). "Coendou speratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T46205559A166610234. IUCN. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T46205559A166610234.en.

[2] Pontes, Antonio Rossano Mendes; Gadelha, José Ramon; Melo, Éverton R. A.; de Sá, Fabrício Bezerra; Loss, Ana Carolina; Caldara Junior, Vilacio; Costa, Leonora Pires; Leite, Yuri L. R. (2013). "A new species of porcupine, genus Coendou (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) from the Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 3636 (3): 421–438. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3636.3.2. ISSN 1175-5326. PMID 26042302.

[3] Anna Ludmilla da Costa Pinto Nascimento; Janisson Willames dos Santos (14 October 2014). "Coendou speratus Mendes Pontes, Gadelha, Melo, Sá, Loss, Caldara Jr., Costa & Leite, 2013 (Mammalia, Rodentia, Erethizontidae) in northeastern Brazil: filling gaps in its geographical distribution". Check List. 10 (5). Magnolia Press: 1223–1225. doi:10.15560/10.5.1223. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[4] Barbosa Leal, Edson Silva; Gomes-Silva, Felipe F.; Lyra-Neves, Rachel M. de; Telino-Júnior, Wallce R. (2017). "Range extension and first record of Coendou speratus Mendes Pontes et al., 2013 (Rodentia, Erethizontidae) from a cloud forest enclave in northeastern Brazil". Check List. 13 (6): 951–957. doi:10.15560/13.6.951.

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Coendou speratus
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Erethizontidae
Genus:	Coendou
Species:	C. speratus
Binomial name
*Coendou speratus* Pontes, Gadelha, Melo, de Sá, Loss Junior, Costa & Leite, 2013