Check List 19(6): 1049-1053, doi: 10.15560/19.6.1049

First record of Coendou ichillus (Voss & da Silva, 2001) (Rodentia, Erethizontidae) from Tambopata province in southeastern Peru

Holly O'Donnell^‡§

‡ Assocíacion Fauna Forever, Puerto Maldonado, Peru§ Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Corresponding author: Holly O'Donnell ( hollyodonnell146@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Guilherme Garbino

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Citation: O'Donnell H (2023) First record of Coendou ichillus (Voss & da Silva, 2001) (Rodentia, Erethizontidae) from Tambopata province in southeastern Peru. Check List 19(6): 1049-1053. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.6.1049

Abstract

Coendu ichillus is a species of dwarf porcupine (Rodentia, Erethizontidae) found in the Neotropics. First described in 2001 from Ecuador and Iquitos, Peru, its known range has since been expanded to include the Amazonia of southern Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Brazil. Here I report a new distribution record of C. ichillus representing the first record from the province of Tambopata in the Madre de Dios region of southeastern Peru.

Keywords

Amazon, dwarf porcupine, Madre de Dios, Neotropics