Eopululo Frailey and Campbell, Jr 2004 (porcupine)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae

Full reference: C. D. Frailey and K. E. Campbell, Jr. 2004. Paleogene Rodents from Amazonian Peru: The Santa Rosa Local Fauna. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series 40:71-130

Parent taxon: Erethizontidae according to C. D. Frailey and K. E. Campbell 2004

Sister taxa: Branisamyopsis, Cholamys, Coendou, Erethizon, Erethizontinae, Hyposteiromys, Hypsosteiromys, Microsteiromys, Palaeosteiromys, Paradoxomys, Parasteiromys, Protosteiromys

Subtaxa: Eopululo wigmorei

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Type: Eopululo wigmorei

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Santa Rosa (LACM Loc. 6289) (Oligocene of Peru)

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