Sphiggurus spinosus (F. Cuvier, 1823)

Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 771-806 : 777

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scientific name	Sphiggurus spinosus (F. Cuvier, 1823)
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Sphiggurus spinosus (F. Cuvier, 1823) View in CoL . Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 9:433.

TYPE LOCALITY: Paraguay, along the Paranâ River .

DISTRIBUTION: Paraguay, S and E Brazil, NE Argentina, Uruguay.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III ( Uruguay).

SYNONYMS: affinis, couiy, nigricans, paragayensis, roberti, sericeus .

COMMENTS: Possibly restricted to the shores of the Paranâ River. Formerly included in Coendou ; see Husson (1978) and comment under Sphiggurus . Emmons and Feer (1990:200) considered the correct species name to be paragayensis Oken, 1816, which does predate Cuvier's name, but Cabrera (1961:602) noted that Oken's names are not recognized. If Oken's name is accepted, then the type species for Sphiggurus becomes paragayensis (see Tate, 1935:307).