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title: "Dichthaarbaumstachler"
description: "Coendou spinosus — Säugetiere. The Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou spinosus) is a porcupine species from the family Erethizontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/orange-spined-hairy-dwarf-porcupine
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Dichthaarbaumstachler

> Coendou spinosus — Säugetiere. The Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou spinosus) is a porcupine species from the family Erethizontidae.

- Scientific name: *Coendou spinosus*
- Category: `mammals` (Säugetiere)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1243
- Wikidata: [Q28155021](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28155021)
- iNaturalist taxon: [552456](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/552456)

## Names

- en: Orange-spined Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
- de: Dichthaarbaumstachler
- es: Coendú Anaranjado
- fr: Coendou épineux

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1101), PY (20), UY (19), AR (14)

## Summary

The Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou spinosus) is a porcupine species from the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
They have a short tail and gray brown quills and feed on fruits, ant pupae, vegetables and roots.
This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus, a genus no longer recognised since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. The population formerly recognised as the orange-spined hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus villosus) has been reclassified to this species. Its closest relatives are the bicolored-spined porcupine (Coendou bicolor) and…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguaian_hairy_dwarf_porcupine

## Photo

![Dichthaarbaumstachler](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orange-spined-hairy-dwarf-porcupine/medium.jpg)

Photo: filipeprates · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255667898

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/orange-spined-hairy-dwarf-porcupine?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).