Coendou vestitus Thomas, 1899

Voss, Robert S., 2011, Revisionary Notes on Neotropical Porcupines (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) 3. An Annotated Checklist of the Species of Coendou Lacépède, 1799, American Museum Novitates 2011 (3720), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Coendou vestitus Thomas, 1899

Coendou vestitus Thomas, 1899: 284 (original description).

Coendou (Sphiggurus) vestitus: Tate, 1935: 307 (name combination).

Coendou (Sphiggurus) vestitus vestitus: Cabrera, 1961: 603 (name combination).

Sphiggurus vestitus: Honacki et al., 1982: 572 (name combination).

DISTRIBUTION: I have examined specimens of Coendou vestitus from only two definitely identifiable localities, both of which are in the western foothills of the eastern Andean cordillera in the Colombian department of Cundinamarca . However, Alberico et al. (1999) report a specimen from Villavicencio, on the eastern side of the Andes in the department of Meta.

REMARKS: This species may be closely related to Coendou ichillus , C. pruinosus , and C. roosmalenorum , all of which also have bristle-quills in addition to ordinary defensive quills and soft fur in their dorsal pelage (Voss and da Silva, 2001). Diagnostic comparisons with those species were provided by Voss and da Silva (2001), whose text should also be consulted for a detailed description of the skin and skull of C. vestitus .

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: See Voss and da Silva (2001).