Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents Suborder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 see Infraorder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 Family Erethizontidae Bonaparte, 1845 - New World porcupines Genus Coendou Lacépède, 1799 - prehensile-tailed porcupines Coendou bicolor (Tschudi, 1844)