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Sphiggurus F. Cuvier, 1825
Taxonomic Serial No.: 584612

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
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	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2010

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cord�s, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vert�br�s, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammif�res, mam�fero, mammals
	Subclass	Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897
	Infraclass	Eutheria Gill, 1872
	Order	Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, pre�, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents
	Suborder	Hystricomorpha Brandt, 1855
	Infraorder	Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855 – hystricognath rodents
	Family	Erethizontidae Bonaparte, 1845 – New World porcupines
	Subfamily	Erethizontinae Bonaparte, 1845
	Genus	Sphiggurus F. Cuvier, 1825
		Direct Children:
	Species	Sphiggurus ichillus (Voss and da Silva, 2001) – Streaked Dwarf Porcupine
	Species	Sphiggurus insidiosus (Olfers, 1818) – Bahia Porcupine
	Species	Sphiggurus melanurus (Wagner, 1842) – Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
	Species	Sphiggurus mexicanus (Kerr, 1792) – Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine, Puercoesp�n mexicano
	Species	Sphiggurus pruinosus (Thomas, 1905) – Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
	Species	Sphiggurus roosmalenorum (Voss and da Silva, 2001) – Roosmalen's Dwarf Porcupine
	Species	Sphiggurus spinosus (F. Cuvier, 1823) – Paraguaian Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
	Species	Sphiggurus vestitus (Thomas, 1899) – Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
	Species	Sphiggurus villosus (F. Cuvier, 1823) – Orange-spined Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Charles A. Woods
	Notes:	Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2035
	Reference for:	Sphiggurus

	Other Source(s):
	Source:
	Acquired:
	Notes:
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	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Voss, Robert S.
	Publication Date:	2011
	Article/Chapter Title:	Revisionary Notes on Neotropical Porcupines (Rodentia: Erethizontidae). 3. An Annotated Checklist of the Species of Coendou Lac�p�de, 1799
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	American Museum Novitates, no. 3720
	Page(s):	1-36
	Publisher:
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	ISBN/ISSN:	0003-0082
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sphiggurus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
	Page(s):	xviii + 1207
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-56098-217-9
	Notes:	Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
	Reference for:	Sphiggurus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	2005
	Article/Chapter Title:	Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
	Page(s):	1538-1600
	Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-8018-8221-4
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sphiggurus

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	Comments: This genus possibly dates from F. Cuvier, 1823. Mem. Mus. Hist. Hat. Paris, 9:427, 433-435, where Sphiggurus seems only a French name "Sphiggure" except on pp. 433-434, where it is abbreviated "S. spinosa". Formerly included in Coendou by Cabrera (1961), Walker et al. (1975), and Hall (1981); see also comments under Coendou. Considered a distinct genus by Husson (1978:484-490). Voss and Angermann (1997) agreed with the conclusion of Handley and Pine (1992) that Sphiggurus could not be meani...
		Voss (2011) argues to sink Echinoprocta and Sphiggurus into Coendou, but does not treat the validity of taxa at the subspecies rank. ITIS will seek expert guidance on these matters, but in the meantime retain the 3 separate genera with subspecies from Wood and Kilpatrick (2005)

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