Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1545 1550 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Coendou rothschildi Thomas 1902 Coendou rothschildi Thomas 1902 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 10: 169 . Type Locality: Panama , Chiriqui , Sevilla Isl. Vernacular Names: Rothchild's Porcupine . Distribution: Panama . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Possibly a subspecies of bicolor ( Goldman, 1920:135 ; Hall, 1981:854 ). Corbet and Hill (1991:200) listed rothschildi as a subspecies of bicolor . Emmons and Feer (1997:218) stated that if C. rothschildi is a valid species, the C . " bicolor " west of the Andes are possibly rothschildi . Karyotype has 2n=74 and FN=84 ( George and Weir, 1974 ).