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Prehensile-tailed porcupine

The prehensile-tailed porcupines or coendous are found in Central and South America. Two other formerly recognized Neotropical tree porcupine genera, Echinoprocta and Sphiggurus, have been subsumed into Coendou, since Sphiggurus was shown by genetic studies to be polyphyletic, while Echinoprocta nested within Coendou.

Characteristics
Among the most notable features of Coendou porcupines are their unspined prehensile tails. The front and hind feet are also modified for grasping. These limbs all contribute to making this animal an adept climber, an adaptation to living most of their lives in trees. They feed on leaves, shoots, fruits, bark, roots, and buds. They can be pests of plantation crops. == Species ==
Species
• Genus Coendou - prehensile-tailed porcupines • Bicolored-spined porcupine - C. bicolorStreaked dwarf porcupine - C. ichillusBahia porcupine - C. insidiosusBlack-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine - C. melanurusMexican hairy dwarf porcupine - C. mexicanusBlack dwarf porcupine - C. nycthemeraAmazonian long-tailed porcupine - C. longicaudatusBrazilian porcupine - C. prehensilisFrosted hairy dwarf porcupine - C. pruinosusAndean porcupine - C. quichuaRoosmalen's dwarf porcupine - C. roosmalenorumStump-tailed porcupine - C. rufescensSanta Marta porcupine - C. sanctamartaeDwarf porcupine - C. speratusParaguaian hairy dwarf porcupine - C. spinosusBrown hairy dwarf porcupine - C. vestitusVoss’ porcupine - C. vossi ==References==
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