The bristle-spined rat (Chaetomys subspinosus) is an arboreal rodent from the Atlantic forest in eastern Brazil. Also known as the bristle-spined porcupine...

of its skull and the greater complexity of its teeth, contains the bristle-spined rat (C. subspinosus), a native of the hottest parts of Brazil. This animal...

and includes all species of the family with the exception of the bristle-spined rat, Chaetomys subspinosus, which is classified in its own subfamily,...

Baturite porcupine - C. baturitensis - a newly discovered species Bicolored-spined porcupine - C. bicolor Streaked dwarf porcupine - C. ichillus Bahia porcupine...

covered with dense spines, pale yellow at the base and black-tipped, and significantly darker on the midback. The bicolored-spined porcupine has a fully...

†Hexolobodon †Hyperplagiodontia †Isolobodon †Rhizoplagiodontia The bristle-spined rat, Chaetomys subspinosus, has sometimes been classified in Echimyidae...

it can increase when agitated. When threatened, an adult porcupine can bristle its quills, displaying a white stripe down its back, and use its teeth...

orange-spined hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus villosus) has been reclassified to this species. Its closest relatives are the bicolored-spined porcupine...

(dassie rat) Family Thryonomyidae (can rats) Family Erethizontidae (bristle-spined rat and New World porcupines) Family Chinchillidae (chinchillas, vizcachas)...

Chaetomys subspinosus - Bristle-spined rat Genus Coendou Coendou baturitensis - Baturite porcupine Coendou bicolor - Bicolored-spined porcupine Coendou ichillus...