Coendou prehensilis

Coendou prehensilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Erethizontoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Pantherapsida
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Cladus: Gliriformes
Grandordo: Glires
Mirordo: Simplicidentata
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Hystricomorpha
Infraordo: Hystricognathi
Parvordo: Caviomorpha
Superfamilia: Erethizontoidea

Familia: Erethizontidae
Subfamilia: Erethizontinae
Genus: Coendou
Species:

Name

Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Type material: Unknown.
  • Type locality: “Asia, America meridionali”, restricted to “Pernambuco” by Thomas (1911: 141).

Combinations

  • Hystrix prehensilis Linnaeus, 1758: 57 [original combination]
  • Coendou prehensilis: Lacépède, 1799: 11 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

  • brezhoneg: Hoc'h-dreinek Brazil
  • Deutsch: Cuandu
  • English: Yellow Quill-tipped Porcupine
  • español: Puercoespín arborícola
  • français: Porc-épic brésilien
  • magyar: Amazoni kúszósül
  • Diné bizaad: Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ dahsání
  • polski: Koendu
  • português: Ouriço-cacheiro
  • русский: Цепкохвостый дикобраз
  • ไทย: เม่นต้นไม้
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