Absolutely no idea what species this is in Audubon Zoo, no sign and would not get off the wheel in the nocturnal house so apologies for the terrible photograph. Any ID appreciated!
Thanks for the comments everyone, I'll move this over to the Audubon section now. Given sightly controversial status of Sphiggurus I'll just list as Coendou sp. for now, happy to update when we get clarity.
Working on a list of Rodents in North American facilities, and I would like to know if there are any updates? I've tried to scour YouTube for the porcupine, with the best I can come up with is a blurry 2-second clip of a porcupine, though I am not sure if it was prehensile or this species.
@Smaggledagle no not to my knowledge I'm afraid. ZTL now lists species in American zoos but having just had a quick look there hasn't helped narrow down the ID.
@Coelacanth18 Audubon keeps and regularly breeds Couendou prehensilis. They are on exhibit in the nocturnal exhibit. If they have a Mexican Hairy Porcupine, it's probably off-show.
Not sure if this has been mentioned but this individual was signed as a black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine and shared a habitat with Nancy Ma's night monkeys on my visit yesterday.
