Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:57.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Pernambuco .

DISTRIBUTION: E. Venezuela; Guyanas; C. and E. Brazil; Bolivia; Trinidad.

COMMENT: Trinidad record from Goodwin and Greenhall, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 122:202.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410018002005001.