Sphiggurus
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (Sphiggurus mexicanus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Erethizontidae
Subfamily:	Erethizontinae
Genus:	Sphiggurus F. Cuvier, 1825
Species
Sphiggurus ichillus Sphiggurus insidiosus Sphiggurus melanurus Sphiggurus mexicanus Sphiggurus pruinosus Sphiggurus roosmalenorum Sphiggurus spinosus Sphiggurus vestitus Sphiggurus villosus

Sphiggurus is a genus of New World porcupine. It contains the following species:

• Sphiggurus ichillus - Streaked Dwarf Porcupine
• Sphiggurus insidiosus - Bahia Porcupine
• Sphiggurus melanurus - Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
• Sphiggurus mexicanus - Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
• Sphiggurus pruinosus - Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
• Sphiggurus roosmalenorum - Roosmalen's Dwarf Porcupine
• Sphiggurus spinosus - Paraguaian Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
• Sphiggurus vestitus - Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
• Sphiggurus villosus - Orange-spined Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

[edit] References

• Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.

v • d • e Extant species of family Erethizontidae (New World porcupines) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Hystricomorpha · Infraorder: Hystricognathi · Parvorder: Caviomorpha Erethizontinae Coendou (Prehensile-tailed porcupines) Bicolored-spined Porcupine (Coendou bicolor) · Black Dwarf Porcupine (Coendou nycthemera) · Brazilian Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) · Andean Porcupine (Coendou quichua) · Rothschild's Porcupine (Coendou rothschildi)  · Santa Marta Porcupine (Coendou sanctamartae) Echinoprocta Stump-tailed Porcupine (Echinoprocta rufescens) Erethizon North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) Sphiggurus (Dwarf porcupines) Streaked Dwarf Porcupine (Sphiggurus ichillus) · Bahia Porcupine (Sphiggurus insidiosus) · Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (Sphiggurus melanursus) · Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (Sphiggurus mexicanus) · Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (Sphiggurus pruinosus) · Roosmalen's Dwarf Porcupine (Sphiggurus roosmalenorum) · Paraguaian Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (Sphiggurus spinosus) · Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (Sphiggurus vestitus)  · Orange-spined Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (Sphiggurus villosus) Chaetomyinae Chaetomys Bristle-spined Rat (Chaetomys subspinosus) Category

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