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)
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 →
10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, based on 49 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Central American Agouti
Dasyprocta punctata
Variegated Squirrel
Sciurus variegatoides
Red-tailed Squirrel
Sciurus granatensis
Central American Dwarf Squirrel
Microsciurus alfari
Watson's climbing rat
Tylomys watsoni
Sumichrast's Vesper Rat
Nyctomys sumichrasti
Deppe's Squirrel
Sciurus deppei
Mexican Deer Mouse
Peromyscus mexicanus
Southern Cotton Rat
Sigmodon hirsutus
Nicaraguan Pocket Gopher
Orthogeomys cherriei
Desmarest's Spiny Pocket Mouse
Heteromys desmarestianus
Alston's Brown Mouse
Scotinomys teguina
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
About 17% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, based on 49 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
November has the highest sighting rate for Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in our monthly data.