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Stump-tailed Porcupine
The Stump-tailed Porcupine (Echinoprocta rufescens) is a species of rodent in the Erethizontidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Echinoprocta.
It is endemic to Colombia.
References
Baillie, J. 1996. Echinoprocta rufescens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
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