| 词条 | Prehensile-tailed porcupine |
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| name = Prehensile-tailed porcupines | fossil_range = Early Pleistocene to Recent[1] | image = Prehensile-tailed porcupine.jpg | image_upright = 0.9 | image_caption = Coendou prehensilis | taxon = Coendou | authority = Lacépède, 1799 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = {{plainlist|
}} The prehensile-tailed porcupines or coendous (genus Coendou) are found in Central and South America.[2] Two other formerly recognized Neotropical tree porcupine genera, Echinoprocta[3] and Sphiggurus,[4] have been subsumed into Coendou, since Sphiggurus was shown by genetic studies to be polyphyletic, while Echinoprocta nested within Coendou.[5] CharacteristicsAmong 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.[6] They feed on leaves, shoots, fruits, bark, roots, and buds. They can be pests of plantation crops.[6] They also make a distinctive "baby-like" sound to communicate in the wild. Young are born with soft hair that hardens to quills with age. Adults are slow-moving and will roll into a ball when threatened and on the ground. The record longevity is 27 years.[7] Species
References1. ^{{cite web | title = Coendou in the Paleobiology Database | work = Fossilworks | url = http://fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=42136 | accessdate = 2019-03-09}} 2. ^{{MSW3 Hystricognathi | id = 13400096 | pages = 1546-1547| heading = Genus Coendou}} 3. ^{{MSW3 Hystricognathi | id = 13400105 | pages = 1547-1548| heading = Genus Echinoprocta}} 4. ^{{MSW3 Hystricognathi | id = 13400116 | pages = 1548-1550| heading = Genus Sphiggurus}} 5. ^1 {{cite journal|last1= Voss|first1=R. S.|last2= Hubbard|first2=C.|last3= Jansa|first3=S. A.|title= Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae): Implications for Taxonomy, Morphological Evolution, and Biogeography|journal= American Museum Novitates|volume= 3769|issue= 3769|date= February 2013|pages= 1–36|url= http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/6417/N3769.pdf|doi= 10.1206/3769.2}} 6. ^1 {{Harvnb|Nowak|1999}} 7. ^{{Harvnb|Gorbunova|Bozzella|Seluanov|2008}} 8. ^{{cite journal |author1= Feijó, Anderson |author2= Langguth, Alfredo |date= 2013-09-12 |title=A new species of porcupine from the Baturité range|journal= Revista Nordestina de Biologia |volume= 22 |issue= 1/2|pages= 124–126| url= http://periodicos.ufpb.br/ojs2/index.php/revnebio/article/download/16716/9644| doi=}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/10/new-discovery-porcupine-species-identified-in-brazil/ |title= New Discovery: Porcupine Species Identified in Brazil | publisher=National Geographic | date=2013-12-10 |accessdate=2013-12-20}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.sci-news.com/biology/science-coendou-baturitensis-porcupine-brazil-01588.html |title= Coendou baturitensis: New Porcupine Discovered in Brazil | publisher=Sci-News.com | date=2013-12-02 |accessdate=2013-12-20}} 11. ^{{cite journal |author1=Pontes, A.R.M. |author2=Gadelha, J.R. |author3=Melo, É.R.A. |author4=SÁ, F.B. |author5=Loss, A.C. |author6=Caldara Jr, V. |author7=Costa, L.P. |author8=Leite, Y.L.R. |date=2013-04-05 |title=A new species of porcupine, genus Coendou (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) from the Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3636 |issue=3 |pages=421–438| url= http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/z03636p438f.pdf| doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3636.3.2}}
| last1 = Gorbunova | first1 = V | last2 = Bozzella | first2 = MJ | last3 = Seluanov | first3 = A | title = Rodents for comparative aging studies: from mice to beavers | journal = Age (Dordr) |date=September 2008 | volume = 30 | issue = 2–3 | pages = 111–119 | doi = 10.1007/s11357-008-9053-4 | pmc = 2527635}}
| last = Nowak | first = Ronald M | title = Walker's Mammals of the World | year = 1999 | edition = 6th | publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press | isbn = 0-8018-5789-9 }}
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