Coendou roosmalenorum (Voss & da Silva, 2001)
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Coendou roosmalenorum |
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16. View Plate 23: Erethizontidae
Roosmalen’s Porcupine
French: Coendou des Roosmalen / German: Roosmalen-Greifstachler / Spanish: Puercoespin de Roosmalen
Other common names: Roosmalen’s Dwarf Porcupine
Taxonomy. Coendou roosmalenorum Voss & da Silva, 2001 ,
“Novo Jerusalem near the left bank of the middle Rio Madeira in the Brazilian state of Amazonas,” Brazil .
As with C. ichillus , C. pruinosus , and C. vestitus , C. roosmalenorum is placed in the “ C. vestitus group” based on presence of soft dorsal fur, bristle-quills, and defensive quills. Monotypic.
Distribution. W Amazonian Brazil, known from both banks of the Rio Madeira in Amazonas and Rondonia states between 5° S and 9° S and likely distributed widely S of the Amazon River. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head—body 290 mm,tail 260 mm, hindfoot 53 mm; weight ¢.600 g. Roosmalen’s Porcupine is one of the smallest erethizontids. Like other members of the C. vestitus group,it has soft fur covering dorsal spines and bristle-quills. Long dorsal fur is medium-to-dark brownish or grayish. Bicolored spines are yellowish at bases, with dark-brown tips, and cover entire dorsum. Interspersed over dorsum are 40-70 mm, primarily tricolored bristle-quills that are pale yellowish or white at bases and tips, with bands of dark brown in middles. Head is also covered with quills and has fine mystacial vibrissae. Frontal sinuses may or may not be inflated, and dorsal roof of external auditory meatus may or may not show a weak keel. Tail is long, with tail length ¢.90% of head-body length. Base of tail has woolly fur and bicolored quills on its dorsum. Middle section of tail is covered with blackish bristles on upper and lower surfaces, and prehensile tail tip is naked and calloused dorsally. Venter is densely covered with coarse bicolored and tricolored hairs, rooted in clusters, and fine brown wool. Hands and feet have dense cover of coarse black or dark brown hairs dorsally.
Habitat. Lowland rainforest.
Food and Feeding. There is no specific information available for this species, but a captive individual consumed a variety of seeds and fruit.
Breeding. There is no information available for this species.
Activity patterns. Roosmalen’s Porcupine is nocturnal; a semi-captive individual slept in a tree hole during the day.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List (as Sphiggurus roosmalenorum).
Bibliography. Voss (2015), Voss & da Silva (2001), Voss et al. (2013).
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