Sphiggurus melanurus Wagner 1842

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 melanurus Wagner 1842
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Sphiggurus melanurus Wagner 1842 , Arch. Naturgesch., I: 360.

Type Locality: Brazil, Rio Negro, Barra.

Vernacular Names: Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine.

Distribution: North of the Amazon in the Amazon Basin of Brazil, the Guianas, Colombia, and probably Venezuela.

Discussion: Considered conspecific with insidiosus by Cabrera (1961) and Husson (1978), but see Voss and Angermann (1997). Considered a distinct species by Emmons and Feer (1997), Handley and Pine (1992), and Voss and Angermann (1997); a position supported by molecular and karyotypic data ( Bonvicino et al., 2002 a). Karyotype has 2n=72 and FN=76 ( Bonvicino et al., 2002 a).