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Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Erethizontidae
Genus:	Coendou
Species:	C. spinosus
Binomial name
	Coendou spinosus; (F. Cuvier, 1822)

The Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou spinosus) is a porcupine species from the family Erethizontidae.^[2] It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

They have a short tail and gray brown quills and feed on fruits, ant pupae, vegetables and roots.

This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus,^[2] a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic.^[3] The population formerly recognized as the orange-spined hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus villosus)^[4] has been reclassified to this species.^[1] Its closest relatives are the bicolored-spined porcupine (Coendou bicolor) and the black dwarf porcupine (Coendou nycthemera).^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Roach, N.; Naylor, L. (2016). "Coendou spinosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20630A22213974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T20630A22213974.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ ^a ^b Voss, R. S.; Hubbard, C.; Jansa, S. A. (February 2013). "Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae): Implications for Taxonomy, Morphological Evolution, and Biogeography" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3769): 1–36. doi:10.1206/3769.2. S2CID 55426177.
^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Sphiggurus villosus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] Roach, N.; Naylor, L. (2016). "Coendou spinosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20630A22213974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T20630A22213974.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[MSW3-2] Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[VossHubbard2013-3] Voss, R. S.; Hubbard, C.; Jansa, S. A. (February 2013). "Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae): Implications for Taxonomy, Morphological Evolution, and Biogeography" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3769): 1–36. doi:10.1206/3769.2. S2CID 55426177.

[MSW3_b-4] Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Sphiggurus villosus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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