Baturite porcupine

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| image = Coendou baturitensis Mulungu-CE.JPG

| genus = Coendou

| species = baturitensis

| authority = Feijó & Langguth, 2013

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The Baturite porcupine (Coendou baturitensis) is a nocturnal species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae that is found in Brazil.{{Cite web |date=2013-12-09 |title=New mountain porcupine discovered in Brazil (photos) |url=https://news.mongabay.com/2013/12/new-mountain-porcupine-discovered-in-brazil-photos/ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=Mongabay Environmental News |language=en-US}} The name refers to the locality of origin, a forests on a mountain range similar to the Brejos de Altitude of the Brazilian Northeast where a fauna different from that of the surrounding semiarid Caatinga can be found.{{Cite web |last=Prostak |first=Sergio |date=2013-12-02 |title=Coendou baturitensis: New Porcupine Discovered in Brazil {{!}} Biology {{!}} Sci-News.com |url=https://www.sci.news/biology/science-coendou-baturitensis-porcupine-brazil-01588.html |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=Sci.News: Breaking Science News |language=en-US}}