Coendou rufescens (Stump-tailed Porcupine)
Coendou rufescens (Gray, 1865)
It is a small species within the genus. Dorsal hair long and quill-vibrissae absent. Most quills are tricolored, with a yellowish or orange base, a black or brown middle ring and reddish to brownish tips; the defensive quills (microscopically) of the rump have piercing, clamp-like tips (Voss…
