Long-tailed Porcupine
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Long-tailed Porcupine

Coendou longicaudatus

10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Tayrona National Natural Park
5 Verified records at Tayrona National Natural Park
January Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

The Amazonian long-tailed porcupine (Coendou longicaudatus), also known as Cerrado's long-tailed porcupine, is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae, the New World porcupines. Found across most of South America, it was first described by François Marie Daudin in 1802. It was for some time considered a subspecies of the Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis). C. prehensilis was split into three distinct species in 2021: the Brazilian porcupine, C. prehensilis; the Amazonian long-tailed porcupine, C. longicaudatus; and the Baturite porcupine, C. baturitensis. The species has been recorded as exhibiting albinism and is susceptible to several fungal infections. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Long-tailed Porcupine sighting in Tayrona National Natural Park, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Tayrona National Natural Park

Central American Agouti
LC Endemic

Central American Agouti

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Dasyprocta punctata

30–40% · Possible
Red-tailed Squirrel
LC

Red-tailed Squirrel

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Sciurus granatensis

30–40% · Possible
Lesser Capybara

Lesser Capybara

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Hydrochoerus isthmius

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

30–40
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

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

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
10–20%
2 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
10–20%
3 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
5–10%
4 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
5 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
6 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
Insufficient data
7 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
8 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
9 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
10 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
11 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
Insufficient data
12 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Long-tailed Porcupine in Tayrona National Natural Park?

About 14% of wildlife watchers report a Long-tailed Porcupine sighting in Tayrona National Natural Park, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Long-tailed Porcupine in Tayrona National Natural Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Long-tailed Porcupine in Tayrona National Natural Park in our monthly data.

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