First record of the Bicoloured-spined Porcupine Coendou bicolor (Tschudi, 1844) for Brazil

By

Freitas, Marco Antonio De Freitas
França, Daniella Pereira Fagundes De
Veríssimo, Diogo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013-3-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

9

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

94--96

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/9.1.94

 

Abstract

While travelling as part of the protected area management activities undertaken by the Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) in the state of Acre, four records of porcupines (Coendou spp.) were gathered: two for Coendou bicolor and two for Coendou prehensilis. The records for Coendou bicolor are the first for Brazil while the records for Coendou prehensilis present the state of Acre as a potential region of sympatry between C. bicolor and C. prehensilis.