Coendou spinosus (F. Cuvier, 1823)

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 spinosus (F. Cuvier, 1823)

Hystrix couiy Desmarest, 1822: 345 (part); type locality “ Le Mexique et sans doute le Brésil;

le Paraguay.”

Sphiggure spinosa F. Cuvier, 1823: 433 ; type locality Sapucaí , Paraguarí, Paraguay (fixed by neotype selection; see Remarks, below).

Sphiggure villosa F. Cuvier, 1823: 434 ; type locality unknown (see Remarks, below).

Cercolabes (Sphiggurus) nigricans Brandt, 1835: 403 ; type locality “ Brasilia ” (= Brazil).

Cercolabes (Sphiggurus) affinis Brandt, 1835: 412 ; type locality “ Brasilia ” (= Brazil).

Sphingurus sericeus Cope, 1889: 136 ; type locality São João do Monte Negro (= Montenegro; Paynter and Traylor, 1991), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ( Koopman, 1976).

Synetheres (Synetheres) spinosus: Trouessart, 1881: 183 (name combination).

Synetheres (Sphiggurus) villosus: Trouessart, 1881: 184 (name combination).

Coendu affinis: Trouessart, 1897: 623 (name combination).

Coendu spinosus: Trouessart, 1897: 622 (name combination).

Coendu sericeus: Trouessart, 1897: 623 (name combination).

Coendu villosus: Trouessart, 1897: 622 (name combination).

Coendou roberti Thomas, 1902d: 63 ; type locality Roça Nova , Serra do Mar, Paraná, Brazil .

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

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

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

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

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

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

Coendou (Sphiggurus) spinsosus nigricans: Cabrera, 1961: 601 (name combination).

Coendou (Sphiggurus) spinosus roberti: Cabrera, 1961: 602 (name combination).

Coendou (Sphiggurus) spinosus spinosus: Cabrera, 1961: 602 (name combination).

DISTRIBUTION: Coendou spinosus occurs in humid tropical and subtropical forests of the Mata Atlântica of southeastern Brazil (from Espírito Santo southward to Rio Grande do Sul) and in the contiguous subtropical forests of northern Uruguay (Artigas, Rivera, Salto, Tacuarembó; Ximénez et al., 1972), northeastern Argentina ( Misiones ; Crespo , 1974), and eastern Paraguay. Examined specimens document an altitudinal range from near sea level to at least 900 m.