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Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Sphiggurus mexicanus

Photo by Vin Zael
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small 'furry' creature'. brown. white spines growing from it head and smaller outgrowths from it back.

Habitat:

broad leaf forest, ripirain

Notes:

this is the only individual I have seen in the wild, spotted once though i heard stories in villages. a rare mammal for me as i have only been lucky once and fed it a piece of banana and a skin [btw, this is not a foto of mine but i still shared it becaz it's the only spotting i got from this species]

Species ID Suggestions

Brazilian Porcupine

Coendou prehensilis

Comments (4)

I wonder if it is a juvenile, having only spines on the head. Definitely a prehensile tail porcupine though.
yup, that is the calendar pose attitude!
Great capture! This guy has a cool attitude...
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PublishedAugust 19, 2011

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