Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) English: Coendou prehensilis; Brazil, Goiás, Parque Nacional das Emas.
Polski: Coendou prehensilis; Brazylia, Goiás, Parque Nacional das Emas.
Polski: Coendou prehensilis; Brasil, Goiás, Parque Nacional das Emas.
Date 31 October 2009, 19:06:57
Source http://www.jjknatura.com
Author Jacek Kisielewski
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coendou_prehensilis_JJK%271.jpg
The Brazilian porcupine or prehensile-tailed porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) is a porcupine found in Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, the Guyanas, Bolivia and Trinidad, with a single record from Ecuador. The lips and nose are fleshy. The tail is prehensile, with the tip curling upward so as to get a better grip on tree branches.
Order: Rodentia
Family: Erethizontidae
Genus: Coendou
Species: Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
