Pictures and facts about the Stump-tailed porcupine

Stump-tailed porcupine

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Erethizontidae
Genus : Echinoprocta

Facts about the genus Echinoprocta, the stump-tailed porcupine

Erethizontids are found in several habitat types: Coendou and Sphiggurus are neotropical and are found in lowland forests; Echinoprocta is found in mountain forests between 800m and 1200m elevation; and Erethizon is found in a variety of vegetative types