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 Tortuguero National Park
📅 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 Tortuguero National Park?
About 29% of visitor-days record a Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine sighting in Tortuguero National Park, based on 43 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine in Tortuguero National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine in Tortuguero National Park in our monthly data.