2021
DOI: 10.21068/c2021.v22n02a09
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Nuevos registros y observaciones sobre la historia natural del puercoespín pardo, Coendou vestitus (Rodentia: Erethizontidae)

Abstract: El puercoespín pardo, Coendou vestitus, se encuentra entre los roedores endémicos más amenazados de Colombia, con presencia corroborada en pocas localidades de la cordillera Oriental, en los departamentos de Boyacá y Cundinamarca. Presentamos registros recientes para tres localidades y observaciones de historia natural, como horarios de actividad y el uso de la cola a manera de soporte durante el desplazamiento. Como parte del conocimiento local se ha identificado el uso de sus púas como defensa ante animales … Show more

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“…Small porcupines, that is C. ichillus and C. vestitus, were recorded for the first time in western Amazonia only in 2001 (Voss and da Silva 2001). Coendou vestitus is known from six records in Colombia and is believed to be endemic to the Colombian Andes (Cortés-Suárez et al 2021;Torres-Martínez et al 2021a, 2021b. The only species of small-bodied porcupine currently known to be present in Peru is C. ichillus, and the IUCN range map for the species is based on only a few geographic records.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Small porcupines, that is C. ichillus and C. vestitus, were recorded for the first time in western Amazonia only in 2001 (Voss and da Silva 2001). Coendou vestitus is known from six records in Colombia and is believed to be endemic to the Colombian Andes (Cortés-Suárez et al 2021;Torres-Martínez et al 2021a, 2021b. The only species of small-bodied porcupine currently known to be present in Peru is C. ichillus, and the IUCN range map for the species is based on only a few geographic records.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%