Baturite Porcupine

Baturite PorcupineThis porcupine is recorded from Ceará in northeastern Brazil. Its back has white-and-brown spines. A nighttime thermal-drone survey recorded it in an Atlantic Forest fragment at Mulungu within the Caatinga.What does it look like?White-and-brown spines are scattered across the back, giving the animal an overall brown appearance streaked with white.How does it live?This porcupine is recorded from Ceará in northeastern Brazil. Its back has white-and-brown spines. A nighttime thermal-drone survey recorded it in an Atlantic Forest fragment at Mulungu within the Caatinga.A nighttime thermal-drone survey recorded the species in an Atlantic Forest fragment at Mulungu, within the Caatinga. This is a site-specific observation and does not establish a species-wide habitat preference.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.