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Taxon: Genus Coendou Lacépède, 1799 - prehensile-tailed porcupines (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia - (Family) Erethizontidae

Subsequent positions

Erethizontinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845

Current position

Erethizontinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 193.

Alternative positions

Erethizontidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1845

Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 775.

Historical positions

*Erethizontinae* (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 193.
*Erethizontidae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 775.
*Erethizontidae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 200.
*Erethizontinae* (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1051.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	10s; ‡1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	10s; ‡1s
1993	C.A. Woods	[4s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[7s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	5s

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Last updated: 21 Sep 2025