Revisionary notes on neotropical porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae). 3, An annotated checklist of the species of Coendou Lacépède, 1799. (American Museum novitates, no. 3720)

Voss, Robert S.

Revisionary notes on neotropical porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae). 3, An annotated checklist of the species of Coendou Lacépède, 1799. (American Museum novitates, no. 3720)

dc.contributor.author	Voss, Robert S.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-06-14T15:41:47Z
dc.date.available	2011-06-14T15:41:47Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.description	36 p. "June 10, 2011."	en
dc.description.abstract	The erethizontid rodent genus Coendou (including Echinoprocta and Sphiggurus) contains 13 valid species that live in tropical and subtropical forests from Mexico to Uruguay. This report tabulates information about the type material of all Recent nominal taxa referred to the genus, provides synonymies of all species recognized as valid, describes geographic distributions based on examined specimens, cites published descriptions of external and craniodental morphology, summarizes information that supports recommended binomial usage, and suggests where future taxonomic research is likely to be productive. Among other novel results, the nominal taxa richardsoni J.A. Allen, 1913, and rothschildi Thomas, 1902, are synonymized with C. quichua Thomas, 1899; a Paraguayan neotype is designated for C. spinosus (F. Cuvier, 1823); and a specimen of C. rufescens is reported from Bolivia, extending the range of that species by 1800 km. Additionally, morphometric data are tabulated for several species not treated in previous reports of this series, including C. bicolor, C. mexicanus, C. prehensilis, C. quichua, C. rufescens, and C. spinosus.	en
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dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2246/6121
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	American Museum of Natural History.	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	American Museum novitates, no. 3720.	en
dc.subject	Coendou.	en
dc.subject	Porcupines.	en
dc.subject	Latin America.	en
dc.title	Revisionary notes on neotropical porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae). 3, An annotated checklist of the species of Coendou Lacépède, 1799. (American Museum novitates, no. 3720)	en
dc.title.alternative	Annotated checklist of the species of Coendou Lacépède, 1799.	en
dc.title.alternative	Checklist of Coendou Lacépède.	en

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