Coendou spinosus metagenome. Coendou spinosus

The porcupine (Coendou spinosus) is a rodent species widely distributed in the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Like other rodent species, porcupines can be potential reservoirs of zoonotic agents. However, little is known about the viral diversity in these animals. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to evaluate, through massive sequencing, the virome of the feces of seven adult healthy free-living porcupines living in forest fragments from Silva Jardim, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

刺树豪猪（Coendou spinosus）是广泛分布于巴西大西洋森林的啮齿类物种。与其他啮齿类动物类似，该物种可作为人畜共患病病原体的潜在储存宿主。然而目前学界对这类动物的病毒多样性认知仍较为有限。因此，本研究旨在通过高通量测序技术，对栖息于巴西里约热内卢州席尔瓦雅尔丁市森林片段中的7只成年健康野生豪猪的粪便病毒组（virome）开展分析与评估。