Scientists unearth secrets of the world's smallest porcupine species
In 1996, Dutch biologist Marc van Roosmalen first described a small “piggy-like” porcupine near the Madeira River in the Brazilian Amazon. The creature had brown fur, yellow and black quills, and a long limb-like tail. He believed it resembled Sphiggus melanorus, a black-tailed dwarf porcupine, but this creature was half its size, suggesting that it […]