Coendou nycthemera (black dwarf porcupine) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Rodentia (rodents)
        
        Suborder Hystricomorpha (hystricognath rodents)
        
        Infraorder Hystricognathi (hystricognath rodents)
        
        Family Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)
        
        Subfamily Erethizontinae
        
        Genus Coendou (prehensile-tailed porcupines)
        
        Species Coendou nycthemera (black dwarf porcupine)