Streaked dwarf porcupine

The streaked dwarf porcupine (Coendou ichillus) is a porcupine species in the family Erethizontidae.^[2] It is known from the lowlands (below an altitude of 400 m) of eastern Ecuador, and may be present in Peru as well.^[1] It appears to be nocturnal and arboreal in its habits.^[1]

Streaked dwarf porcupine
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Erethizontidae
Genus:	Coendou
Species:	C. ichillus
Binomial name
Coendou ichillus Voss & da Silva, 2001
Range of C. ichillus

This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus,^[2] a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic.^[3] Its closest relatives are the frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou pruinosus) and the brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus).^[3]

References

1. Weksler, M.; Anderson, R.P.; Gómez-Laverde, M. (2016). "Coendou ichillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136597A22213629. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136597A22213629.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1548. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
3. Voss, R. S.; Hubbard, C.; Jansa, S. A. (February 2013). "Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae): Implications for Taxonomy, Morphological Evolution, and Biogeography" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3769): 1–36. doi:10.1206/3769.2. S2CID 55426177.

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