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)
Closest Relatives at Tenorio Volcano National Park
Variegated Squirrel
Sciurus variegatoides
Deppe's Squirrel
Sciurus deppei
Central American Dwarf Squirrel
Microsciurus alfari
Armored Rat
Hoplomys gymnurus
Central American Agouti
Dasyprocta punctata
Spotted Paca
Cuniculus paca
Sumichrast's Vesper Rat
Nyctomys sumichrasti
Big-eared Climbing Rat
Ototylomys phyllotis
Red-tailed Squirrel
Sciurus granatensis
Watson's climbing rat
Tylomys watsoni
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine at Tenorio Volcano National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️🌙 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