Sphiggurus vestitus Thomas 1899

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

Type Locality: Colombia.

Vernacular Names: Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine.

Distribution: Colombia, small area of the E Andean cordillera about 60 km WNW of Bogotá at about 1300 m.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Reviewed by Voss and da Silva (2001), who included Sphiggurus in Coendou . Includes pruinosus according to Cabrera (1961), Concepción and Molinari (1991), Woods (1993), and Soriano and Ochoa (1997), but see Voss and da Silva (2001) for a discussion of the morphological distinctiveness of these two taxa. Assigned to vestitus group based on presence of bristle-quills (Voss and da Silva, 2001).