Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Family Erethizontidae Bonaparte, 1845 - New World porcupines
       Genus Coendou Lacépède, 1799 - prehensile-tailed porcupines
         1 Coendou bicolor (Tschudi, 1844)
         2 Coendou insidiosus (Kuhl, 1820) see Coendou insidiosus (Kuhl, 1820)
         3 Coendou mexicanus - Mexican porcupine see Coendou mexicanus
         4 Coendou prehensilis (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
         5 Coendou spinosus see Coendou spinosus
         6 Coendou vestitus Thomas, 1899 see Coendou vestitus Thomas, 1899
         7 Coendou villosus see Coendou villosus