| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | MAMMALIA | RODENTIA | ERETHIZONTIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Sphiggurus insidiosus | |||
| Species Authority: | (Lichtenstein, 1818) | |||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Sphiggurus pallidus (Waterhouse, 1848)
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| Taxonomic Notes: | The taxa pallidus (known only from two immature individuals) had previously been postulated to be from somewhere in the West Indies (Woods 1993), however, following Voss and Angermann (1997), pallidus is synonymized with S. insidiosus (Woods and Kilpatrick 2005). | |||
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 | |||
| Year Assessed: | 2008 | |||
| Assessor/s | Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. | |||
| Evaluator/s: | Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) | |||
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Justification: This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category. |
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| Range Description: | This species occurs in the Atlantic coastal region of eastern Brazil (Catzeflis in litt., 2006). |
| Countries: |
Native:
Brazil
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| Range Map: |
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| Population: | This porcupine is locally common. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | The species inhabits Atlantic forest where it occurs in primary forest, but is more common in secondary forest and forest borders; it is occasionally found near urban areas. It is nocturnal and arboreal, occurring mainly in the canopy (Y. Leite pers. comm.) and is frugivourous as well as feeding on ant pupae, cultivated vegetables and roots. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | There are no major threats to this species at this time. The species is not known to be hunted for food (Voss in litt., 2006). |
| Conservation Actions: | There are no conservation measures in place to protect this species and it thought that none are needed at this time. |
| Citation: | Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. 2008. Sphiggurus insidiosus. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010. |
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