Designation of a neotype for the Brazilian porcupine, Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2791, 2011, Pages 30-40

  Leite, Yuri L R ^a   Caldara Jr , Vilacio ^a   Loss, Ana Carolina ^a   Costa, Leonora Pires ^a   Melo, Éverton R A ^b   Gadelha, José Ramon ^b   Pontes, Antonio Rossano M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Erethizontidae; Mammalia; Neotropics; Rodentia; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COENDOU PREHENSILIS; ERETHIZONTIDAE; HYSTRIX (MAMMAL); MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 79952651338     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2791.1.2     Document Type: Article

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