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Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Coendou vestitus

Red List assessment

Data Deficienton the IUCN Red List

  1. EXExtinct
  2. EWExtinct in the Wild
  3. CRCritically Endangered
  4. ENEndangered
  5. VUVulnerable
  6. NTNear Threatened
  7. LCLeast Concern

Data Deficient has no position on the scale above — it records the absence of an assessment, not a degree of risk.

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The IUCN Red List records the Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine as Data Deficient.

Genus
Coendou
Red List category
Data Deficient
Data updated
August 9, 2026

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Questions about the Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Is the Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine endangered?

The IUCN Red List assesses the Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine as Data Deficient. There is not enough information to judge the risk of extinction, usually because the species is rarely seen or has never been surveyed. It is not a reassuring category: several species were Data Deficient right up to the point they were found to be Critically Endangered.

What is the scientific name of the Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine?

The Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine is Coendou vestitus.

Other species in the genus Coendou

Sources

Conservation status, range description and population estimate come from the IUCN Red List assessment for Coendou vestitus. Countries are derived from that range description, not from a mapped country list. Last refreshed on .

The distribution map is drawn from the IUCN Red List spatial data compiled in 2016. IUCN SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group