Sphiggurus vestitus (Thomas, 1899) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 4:284.

TYPE LOCALITY: Colombia .

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia; W. Venezuela south of Lake Maracaibo.

COMMENT: Includes pruinosus; see Cabrera, 1961:284, but also see Handley, 1976, Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull. Biol. Ser., 20(5):55, who listed pruinosus as a distinct species, without comment. Formerly included in Coendou; see comment under Sphiggurus .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410018002008001 as Coendou vistatus (sic).