Coendou longicaudatus
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The Amazonian long-tailed porcupine (Coendou longicaudatus), also known as Cerrado's long-tailed porcupine, is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae, the New World porcupines. Found across most of South America, it was first described by François Marie Daudin in 1802. It was for some time considered a subspecies of the Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis). C. prehensilis was split into three distinct species in 2021:
the Brazilian porcupine, C. prehensilis; the Amazonian long-tailed porcupine, C. longicaudatus; and the Baturite porcupine, C. baturitensis. The species has been recorded as exhibiting albinism and is susceptible to several fungal infections. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoologischer Garten Halle | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | The Green Planet | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Long-tailed Porcupine sighting in Caracas on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 4th most-seen of the 5 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–June and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Long-tailed Porcupine in Caracas on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and July–November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Long-tailed Porcupine sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Caracas, in our data
Caracas is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Long-tailed Porcupine sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Rodentia
The closest relatives of the Long-tailed Porcupine that you can see in Caracas (order Rodentia, Rodents) are Red-tailed Squirrel (about 20%) and Crested Agouti (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Long-tailed Porcupine is recorded against all the mammals logged in Caracas (5 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
