Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine | |
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Information | |
Range | Colombia and northern to eastern Venezuela. |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Mammalia |
Order | Rodentia |
Family | Erethizontidae |
Genus | Sphiggurus |
Species | Sphiggurus pruinosus |
Conservation Status | |
Least Concern |
The Frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus pruinosus), is a species of New World porcupine in the family Erethizontidae. It is endemic to Colombia and northern to eastern Venezuela. The species lives in lowland tropical rainforest and cloud forest at elevations from 50 to 2,600 meters (160 to 8,530 ft).