Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Sphiggurus mexicanus

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
OrderRodentia (Rosegadors)
FamilyErethizontidae (New World Porcupines)
GenusSphiggurus
SpeciesSphiggurus mexicanus (Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Lago de Yojoa

1 Verified records at Lago de Yojoa

☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

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). Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Lago de Yojoa

Sciurus variegatoides

20–30% · Possible

LC Endemic

Dasyprocta punctata

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine at Lago de Yojoa — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	20–30%
2	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	20–30%
3	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
4	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
5	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
6	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	5–10%
7	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	5–10%
8	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
9	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
10	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
11	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
12	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
13	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
14	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
15	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	Insufficient data
16	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
17	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	Insufficient data
18	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
19	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
20	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
21	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
22	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
23	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
24	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
25	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
26	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
27	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data

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