Eopululo

Eopululo wigmorei; Temporal range: Late Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Rodentia
Infraorder:	Hystricognathi
Family:	Erethizontidae
Genus:	Eopululo
Species:	E. wigmorei
Binomial name
	Eopululo wigmorei;

Eopululo is the oldest known genus of New World porcupines (Erethizontidae). It is known only from the possibly late Eocene Santa Rosa local fauna of eastern Peru. There is only one species in the genus, Eopululo wigmorei. It was described in 2004,^[1] and it is a member of one of the oldest rodent faunas known from South America.^[2]

References

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

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

[2] The Paleogene Mammalian Fauna of Santa Rosa, Amazonian Peru

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