Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2035
Reference for:
Coendou
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Coendou
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
1538-1600
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Coendou
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Voss, Robert S.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2011-06-10 / 2011-06-10
Article/Chapter Title:
Revisionary Notes on Neotropical Porcupines (Rodentia: Erethizontidae). 3. An Annotated Checklist of the Species of Coendou Lacépède, 1799
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
American Museum Novitates, no. 3720
Page(s):
1-36
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0003-0082
Notes:
Reference for:
Coendou
Coendou: Geographic Information
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Coendou: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Cabrera (1961), Hall (1981), Corbet and Hill (1991), Handley and Pine (1992), Emmons and Feer (1997), McKenna and Bell (1997), Voss and Angerman (1997), Alberico et al. (1999) and Voss and da Silva (2001) included Sphiggurus in Coendou; but see Husson (1978:484-490). Woods (1984, 1993) and Nowak (1991) followed Husson (1978) and recognized Sphiggurus as distinct from Coendou. Handley and Pine (1992), Voss and Angermann (1997), and Alberico et al. (1999) concluded that Sphiggurus could not b...
Comment:
Voss (2011) argues to sink Echinoprocta and Sphiggurus into Coendou, but does not treat the validity of taxa at the subspecies rank. ITIS will seek expert guidance on these matters, but in the meantime retain the 3 separate genera with subspecies from Wood and Kilpatrick (2005)