Revisionary notes on neotropical porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae). 2, A review of the Coendou vestitus group with a description of two new species from Amazonia. American Museum novitates ; no. 3351
dc.contributor.author | Voss, Robert S. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2005-10-06T16:42:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2005-10-06T16:42:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001 | en_US |
dc.description | 36 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. | en_US |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-35). | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Neotropical porcupines of the Coendou vestitus group consist of four small-bodied species from northwestern South America that are hypothesized to form a clade on the basis of their unique dorsal pelage composition. In addition to soft wool and barbed quills--hair types widely shared by other erethizontids--the dorsal pelage of vestitus-group porcupines includes what may be called bristle-quills: long, thin, unbarbed quills with flexible tips. The group includes Coendou vestitus Thomas, 1899; C. pruinosus Thomas, 1905; and two new species. The latter provide the first documented records of small porcupines from western Amazonia, where only large porcupines (C. prehensilis and C. bicolor) were previously known. Other small porcupines probably remain to be discovered in Amazonia, where hydroelectric dam projects offer unique (if unfortunate) faunal-sampling opportunities. | en_US |
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dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/2904 | |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | American Museum novitates ; no. 3351 | en_US |
dc.subject.lcc | QL1 .A436 no.3351 2001 | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Coendou vestitus | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Coendou ichillus | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Coendou roosmalenorum | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Porcupines -- Amazon River Valley | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Porcupines -- South America | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Mammals -- Amazon River Valley | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Mammals -- South America | en_US |
dc.title | Revisionary notes on neotropical porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae). 2, A review of the Coendou vestitus group with a description of two new species from Amazonia. American Museum novitates ; no. 3351 | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Review of the Coendou vestitus group with a description of two new species from Amazonia | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Neotropical porcupines | en_US |
dc.type | text | en_US |
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