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Yellow Quill-tipped Porcupine

Coendou prehensilis
Coendú Grande
Ouriço-caixeiro
Family: Erethizontidae
Order: Rodentia
Class: Mammalia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation Status: Least Concern

Other common names: Puerco Espín Brasilero.


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Number of Photography: 8

Foto
Photography ID: 500503
  Adult
Porto Jofre
Mato Grosso
Brazil
05/30/2022
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 500502
  Adult
Porto Jofre
Mato Grosso
Brazil
05/30/2022
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 440158
  Adult
Parque Caiza
Miranda
Venezuela
04/08/2021
Humberto Camisotti
Foto
Photography ID: 404964
  Adult
Ybycui
Paraguarí
Paraguay
08/29/2019
Guillermo Menéndez
Foto
Photography ID: 224862
  Adult
Pantanal
Mato Grosso
Brazil
09/18/2017
Carlos Hugo Amerio


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Number of Records: 8



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
160974830/05/2022BrazilMato GrossoPorto JofrePablo Eguia
154927911/02/2022BrazilRio de JaneiroArmação dos BúziosMarcos Augusto Lartigau
139239508/04/2021VenezuelaMirandaTerraza del edificio Cima I Urb Miravila, Parque CaizaHumberto Camisotti
137916815/03/2021BrazilParanáFrancisco BeltrãoMarcos Juan Gonçalves Dos Santos
127480829/08/2019ParaguayParaguaríParque Nacional Ybycui, YbycuiGuillermo Menéndez
81531802/10/2018ColombiaMetaEco Hotel CosmogenesisNicolas Olejnik
63269918/09/2017BrazilMato GrossoPantanalCarlos Hugo Amerio
27005014/01/2015VenezuelaLaraCaserío El Batatal, Cerro Saroche National ParkEduardo José Freitez Gassán
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Yellow Quill-tipped Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.