Coendou pruinosus Thomas, 1905

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 pruinosus Thomas, 1905

Coendou pruinosus Thomas, 1905: 310 ; type locality “Montañas de la Pedregosa,” Mérida, Venezuela. Coendou (Sphiggurus) pruinosus: Tate, 1935: 307 (name combination).

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

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

Sphiggurus pruinosus: Woods and Kilpatrick, 2005: 1549 (name combination).

DISTRIBUTION: Examined specimens are from mountains, foothills, and adjacent lowlands (from 54 to 2600 m above sea level) in northeastern Colombia (Meta, Norte de Santander) and northwestern Venezuela ( Distrito Federal , Mérida, Zulia) .

REMARKS: This species has been considered a subspecies or synonym of Coendou vestitus (e.g., by Cabrera, 1961; Honacki et al., 1982), but diagnostic morphological characters of C. pruinosus and C. vestitus were discussed and illustrated by Voss and da Silva (2001), whose text should be consulted for detailed descriptions, illustrations, and measurements of both species.

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