Records of Coendou ichillus (Rodentia, Erethizontidae) from the Lower Urubamba Region of Peru

By

Gregory, Tremaine
Lunde, Darrin P.
Zamora Meza, Hugo Tomás
Carrasco-Rueda, Farah

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

509

Pages

109-121

Subjects

Biodiversity , camera trap , Coendou ichillus , Distribution , Neotropical porcupines , Peru , Rodentia , Urubamba

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.509.9821

 

Abstract

Coendou ichillus was first described in 2001 by Voss and da Silva, with a range from Amazonian Ecuador to Iquitos, Peru. Here, we describe an adult female Coendou ichillus specimen collected in a Tomahawk trap in the forest canopy of the Lower Urubamba Region of Peru in October 2013. We also describe pathologies and behaviors observed through 379 camera trapping photo events (2,196 photos) gathered in natural canopy bridges over the course of a year (7,198 trap nights), including information on activity period over the course of the day and over the course of the lunar cycle. We conservatively estimate that 17 individuals were photographed, including one juvenile. Being 900 km away from Iquitos, Peru (the site of the closest record), discovery of this species in the Lower Urubamba constitutes a significant range extension.