the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > faimily Erethizontidae > genus Coendu (tree porcupine) (1)
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any porcupine of the subfamily Sphingurinæ, inhabiting America and the West Indies, living in trees, and having prehensile tails.