Check List 17(4): 1117-1121, doi: 10.15560/17.4.1117
First record of Brazilian Porcupine, Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Rodentia, Erethizontidae), from the Humid Chaco of Paraguay
Andrea Weiler Gustafson‡, Robert D. Owen§‡ Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, Facultad de Ciencas Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Biologia, San Lorenzo, Paraguay§ Centro para el Desarrollo de Investigación Científica, Asuncion, Paraguay
Corresponding author: Andrea Weiler Gustafson ( andreaweiler1@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Guilherme Garbino © Andrea Weiler Gustafson, Robert D. Owen. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Gustafson AW, Owen RD (2021) First record of Brazilian Porcupine, Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Rodentia, Erethizontidae), from the Humid Chaco of Paraguay. Check List 17(4): 1117-1121. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.4.1117 |  |
Abstract
A Brazilian Porcupine, Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758), was encountered and photographed at night on a recently cleared forest path in Presidente Hayes Department, Paraguay. Although C. prehensilis is widespread and has been reported from a variety of ecoregions and habitats, this record in western Paraguay is the first from the South American Humid Chaco ecoregion.
Keywords
Distribution, photographic record, porcupine