Sites

Rodentia Erethizontidae Echinoprocta, World Distribution Table - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walkers_mammals_of_the_world/table.genus.rodentia

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Echinoprocta: Upper Amazonian Porcupine - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walkers_mammals_of_the_world/rodentia.erethizonti

The habits and biology of this porcupine are not well known. It is arboreal and appears to be fairly common around Bogota at elevations of 800-1,200 meters. Specimens are in the Paris Natural History Museum, the British Museum of Natural History, the American Museum of Natural History, and the La Salle Institute in Bogota.

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