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    Species Accepted

    Erethizon dorsatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

    North American Porcupine
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Erethizon
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      North American Porcupine English

      Treatments

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      Bibliography

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      Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
      Voss, Robert S., Caldonia Hubbard, Sharon A. Jansa. (2013). Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae): Implications for Taxonomy, Morphological Evolution, and Biogeography. American Museum Novitates, No. 3769.
      Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005). Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd Ed., Vol. 2.
      Wilson, Don E., T. E. Lacher Jr., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds. (2016). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I.

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