Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi Author Charles A. Woods text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 771 806 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353083 1-56098-217-9 7353083 Coendou bicolor (Tschudi, 1844) . Fauna Peruana, p. 186 . TYPE LOCALITY: Peru , Junfn Dept., between Tulumayo and Chanchamayo Rivers . DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia , Peru , Andean and W Ecuador , N Colombia , perhaps SW Colombia . Lives up to 2,500 m elevation. SYNONYMS: quichua, richardsoni, sanctamartae, simonsi . COMMENTS: May include rothschildi ( Hall, 1981:854 ) ; Corbet and Hill (1991:200) listed rothschildi as a subspecies of bicolor (see comment under rothschildi ). Emmons and Feer (1990: 198) considered C. quichua Thomas, 1899, of the Andes of Ecuador to be a distinct species based on its smaller size and shorter tail.