Name of animal-plant: Mexican hairy porcupine
Species name: Sphiggurus mexicanus
Animal type: T_MAMMAL
Subcategory: sm_mammal
Fact:
All animals and plants are given a species name based on a technical term in biological taxnomy. The species name consists of two words and is based on Latin.
The first part of the name identifies the genus to which the species belongs and the second part identifies the species within the genus. In this animals case it is: Sphiggurus mexicanus
