Streaked Dwarf Porcupine
Coendou ichillus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderRodentia (Rosegadors)
- FamilyErethizontidae (New World Porcupines)
- GenusCoendou (Neotropical Porcupines)
- SpeciesCoendou ichillus (Streaked Dwarf Porcupine)
Closest Relatives at Yasuní National Park
Brazilian Porcupine
Coendou longicaudatus
Capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Black Agouti
Dasyprocta fuliginosa
Spotted Paca
Cuniculus paca
bicolored arboreal rice rat
Oecomys bicolor
Northern Amazon Red Squirrel
Sciurus igniventris
South American spiny mouse
Scolomys melanops
Green Acouchi
Myoprocta pratti
Spiny Tree Rat
Mesomys hispidus
Western Amazonian Oryzomys
Hylaeamys perenensis
Long-tailed Tree Rat
Makalata macrura
Amazon Bamboo Rat
Dactylomys dactylinus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Streaked Dwarf Porcupine at Yasuní National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌙 When They're Spotted
Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |