genus
Coendou
Coendou is a genus in the family Erethizontidae. This database currently files 18 species under it.
- Species filed
- 18
- Threatened
- 0
- Countries recorded
- 0
- With a free photo
- 56%
- Weight range
- 736 g – 4.4 kg
Best-known members of Coendou
Ranked by popularity score.
Brazilian porcupine
Coendou prehensilis
Bicolored-spined porcupine
Coendou bicolor
Stump-tailed porcupine
Coendou rufescens
Black dwarf porcupine
Coendou nycthemera
Brown hairy dwarf porcupine
Coendou vestitus
Streaked dwarf porcupine
Coendou ichillus
Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine
Coendou melanurus
Andean porcupine
Coendou quichua
How threatened is Coendou?
12 of 18 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.
| IUCN category | Species | Share of assessed |
|---|---|---|
| LCLeast Concern | 7 | 58% |
| DDData Deficient | 5 | 42% |
All species in Coendou
| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status | Weight | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazilian porcupine | Coendou prehensilis | Erethizontidae | Least Concern | 4.4 kg | Not recorded |
| Bicolored-spined porcupine | Coendou bicolor | Erethizontidae | Least Concern | 4.05 kg | Not recorded |
| Stump-tailed porcupine | Coendou rufescens | Erethizontidae | Least Concern | 831.8 g | Not recorded |
| Black dwarf porcupine | Coendou nycthemera | Erethizontidae | Data Deficient | 3 kg | Not recorded |
| Brown hairy dwarf porcupine | Coendou vestitus | Erethizontidae | Data Deficient | 736 g | Not recorded |
| Streaked dwarf porcupine | Coendou ichillus | Erethizontidae | Data Deficient | 1.24 kg | Not recorded |
| Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine | Coendou melanurus | Erethizontidae | Least Concern | 1.9 kg | Not recorded |
| Andean porcupine | Coendou quichua | Erethizontidae | Data Deficient | 2 kg | Not recorded |
| Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine | Coendou mexicanus | Erethizontidae | Least Concern | 2 kg | Not recorded |
| Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine | Coendou roosmalenorum | Erethizontidae | Data Deficient | 1.24 kg | Not recorded |
| Bahia porcupine | Coendou insidiosus | Erethizontidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hope porcupine | Coendou speratus | Erethizontidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Voss' porcupine | Coendou vossi | Erethizontidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Baturite porcupine | Coendou baturitensis | Erethizontidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Frosted hairy dwarf porcupine | Coendou pruinosus | Erethizontidae | Least Concern | 736 g | Not recorded |
| Brazilian porcupine | Coendou longicaudatus | Erethizontidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sangay porcupine | Coendou sangay | Erethizontidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine | Coendou spinosus | Erethizontidae | Least Concern | 1.25 kg | Not recorded |