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Brazilian Porcupine (Prehensile-tailed Porcupine)

Coendou prehensilis

Habitat:

Amazonia Exhibit, Mesker Park Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Evansville, IN, USA

Notes:

As of 4/2/2012: My thanks go out again to the Project Noah community for their assistance (in this case, AnnaWhipkey and MAURO have my utmost thanks). I have updated this spotting to include the proper common and scientific names as well as references.

1 Species ID Suggestions

MAURO
MAURO 11 years ago
Brazilian Porcupine
Coendou prehensilis Brazilian Porcupine


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4 Comments

AnnaWhipkey
AnnaWhipkey 11 years ago

this site lists Coendou prehensilis at the Mesker zoo http://globalspecies.org/zooinsts/displa...

PaulAlanRoberts
PaulAlanRoberts 11 years ago

@AnnaWhipkey

Yes, it's definitely a porcupine, and given that it is displayed in the Amazonia exhibit I would venture a guess that it is a New World species (Erethizontidae); however, until I can verify the exact species I will leave it as an unidentified spotting.

AnnaWhipkey
AnnaWhipkey 11 years ago

it's a porcupine, don't know what species

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 11 years ago

Very cute!

PaulAlanRoberts
Spotted by
PaulAlanRoberts

Indiana, USA

Spotted on Mar 29, 2012
Submitted on Apr 1, 2012

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