Stump-tailed Porcupine
The stump-tailed porcupine (Coendou rufescens) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found mainly in Colombia, with a few records from Ecuador. This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Echinoprocta, a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to nest within Coendou. Its closest relative is the Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua).
Antisana National Park
Quijos, Ecuador
+141 birds+21 mammals
Where the Andes spine rises above 4,700 meters, volcanic peaks pierce perpetual cloud forests in Ecuador’s eastern cordillera. This sprawling […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNatural Farallones de Cali National Park
Buenaventura, Colombia
+12 birds+26 mammals
Where the western cordillera plunges toward the Pacific, a landscape of dramatic escarpments and misty cloud forest unfolds across nearly […]
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