Sphiggurus pruinosus Thomas 1905

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1545-1550 : 1549

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scientific name	Sphiggurus pruinosus Thomas 1905
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Sphiggurus pruinosus Thomas 1905 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 16: 310.

Type Locality: Venezuela, Montañas de la Pedregosa near Mérida, 2500 m.

Vernacular Names: Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine.

Distribution: C and N Colombia and W and N Venezuela.

Discussion: Included in vestitus by Cabrera (1961), Concepcion 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). Karyotype has 2n=42 and FN=76 (Concepción and Molinari, 1991).