Scientists unearth secrets of the world’s smallest porcupine species

Mongabay
Nov 30, 2023, 2:34 pm201 pts
In 1996, Dutch biologist Marc van Roosmalen first described a small “piggy-like” porcupine near the Madeira River in the Brazilian Amazon. The creature had brown fur, yellow and black quills, and a long limb-like tail. He believed it resembled Sphiggus melanorus, a black-tailed dwarf porcupine, but this…

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