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title: "Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine"
description: "Coendou mexicanus — Zoogdieren. The Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine or Mexican tree porcupine (Coendou mexicanus) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mexican-hairy-dwarf-porcupine
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

> Coendou mexicanus — Zoogdieren. The Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine or Mexican tree porcupine (Coendou mexicanus) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae.

- Scientific name: *Coendou mexicanus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1951
- Wikidata: [Q28155035](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28155035)
- iNaturalist taxon: [197791](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/197791)

## Names

- en: Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
- de: Mittelamerikanischer Baumstachler
- es: Puercoespín tropical
- fr: Porc-épic d'arbre mexicain

## Countries with the most observations

CR (787), MX (640), HN (106), BZ (73), NI (72), SV (30), GT (20), PA (10)

## Summary

The Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine or Mexican tree porcupine (Coendou mexicanus) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Mexico, Nicaragua and Belize.
This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus, a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. Its closest relatives are the Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua) and the stump-tailed porcupine (Coendou rufescens).

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

## Photo

![Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-hairy-dwarf-porcupine/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dixie Sommers · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394161263

## Machine access

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