Coendou rothschildi Thomas 1902

Coendou rothschildi Thomas 1902, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 10: 169.

Type Locality: Panama, Chiriqui, Sevilla Isl.

Vernacular Names: Rothchild's Porcupine.

Distribution: Panama.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Possibly a subspecies of bicolor (Goldman, 1920:135; Hall, 1981:854). Corbet and Hill (1991:200) listed rothschildi as a subspecies of bicolor . Emmons and Feer (1997:218) stated that if C. rothschildi is a valid species, the C. " bicolor " west of the Andes are possibly rothschildi . Karyotype has 2n=74 and FN=84 (George and Weir, 1974).