New record and natural history notes of the Colombian endemic brown hairy dwarf porcupine, Coendou vestitus

  • Cortés-Suárez J
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The brown hairy dwarf porcupine Coendou vestitus is an endemic species to Colombia.  Is one of the least studied mammals at the national level, is only known from a small area in the Eastern Cordillera, and is considered data deficient globally by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and threatened at the national level (Vulnerable, VU).  During a bird inventory three records of C. vestitus, were occasionally found on the branch of a gaque and roble tree in a fragment of a secondary growth forest in the municipality of Santa Sofia, Department of Boyacá, Colombia.  The new records for the species represent the seventh locality from where it is known to occur, and contribute to a better understanding of its distribution and natural history, information that ultimately is indispensable for further conservation actions.El puercoespín enano pardo y peludo Coendou vestitus es una especie endémica de Colombia. Es uno de los mamíferos menos estudiados a nivel nacional, solo se conoce de una pequeña área en la Cordillera Oriental, y es considerada con datos deficientes a nivel mundial según la Union Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN) y amenazada a nivel nacional (Vulnerable, VU). Durante un inventario de aves, se encontraron ocasionalmente tres registros de C. vestitus, en la rama de un árbol de gaque y roble en un fragmento de un bosque secundario en el municipio de Santa Sofía, departamento de Boyacá, Colombia. Los nuevos registros de la especie representan la séptima localidad desde donde se conoce su presencia y contribuyen a una mejor comprensión de su distribución e historia natural, información que en última instancia es indispensable para futuras acciones de conservación.

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Cortés-Suárez, J. E. (2020). New record and natural history notes of the Colombian endemic brown hairy dwarf porcupine, Coendou vestitus. Therya Notes, 1, 77–81. https://doi.org/10.12933/therya_notes-20-17

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