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
           1 Coendou bicolor (Tschudi, 1844)
           2 Coendou koopmani Handley & Pine, 1992
           3 Coendou prehensilis (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
           4 Coendou rothschildi Thomas, 1902