Streaked dwarf porcupine

The streaked dwarf porcupine (Coendou ichillus) is a porcupine species in the family Erethizontidae.

[2] It is known from the lowlands (below an altitude of 400 m) of eastern Ecuador, and may be present in Peru as well.

[1] It appears to be nocturnal and arboreal in its habits.

[1] This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus,[2] a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic.

[3] Its closest relatives are the frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou pruinosus) and the brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus).