Bahia porcupine

The Bahia porcupine, "Coendou insidiosus", is a New World porcupine species in the family Erethizontidae endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. It was formerly sometimes assigned to "Sphiggurus", a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. "Sphiggurus pallidus", formerly considered a separate species but known from two young specimens only, is a synonym of this species.