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Home Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Mammalia Order Rodentia Suborder Hystricomorpha Family Erethizontidae Subfamily Erethizontinae Genus Coendou

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Brazilian porcupine Coendou prehensilis	Brazilian porcupine Coendou prehensilis	Brazilian porcupine Coendou prehensilis
Brazilian porcupine Coendou prehensilis	Brazilian porcupine Coendou prehensilis	Brazilian porcupine Coendou prehensilis

Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2008. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed November 25, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.org.

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