Coendou quichua: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Erethizontidae
- Genus
- Coendou
- Species
- Coendou quichua
- Scientific Name
- Coendou quichua
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Andean porcupine
The Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua) or Quichua porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in the Andes of northern Ecuador and Colombia as well as in Panama. This porcupine is little known, but is probably arboreal, nocturnal and solitary like its relatives. The species is thought to be uncommon to rare and the population decreasing. It is threatened by deforestation, habitat fragmentation and agriculture.
...Coendou quichua in languages:
- Arabic
- شيهم الأنديز
- Czech
- kuandu panamský
- Dutch
- Rothschilds Grijpstaartstekelvarken
- English
- Andean Porcupine
- English
- Rothchild's Porcupine
- English
- Rothschild's Porcupine
- Finnish
- panamanpiikikkö
- German
- Andengreifstachler
- Polish
- koendu włochaty
- Portuguese
- Coandu-andino
- Portuguese
- Coandu-de-rothschild
- Russian
- Дикобраз Ротшильда
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