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Erethizon dorsatum (North American porcupine)
Taxonomy
Hystrix dorsata was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Erethizon dorsatus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Erethizon dorsatum by Cuvier (1822), Thomas (1911), Woods (1973), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Frazier (1981) and Hulbert (1997).
It was recombined as Erethizon dorsatus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Erethizon dorsatum by Cuvier (1822), Thomas (1911), Woods (1973), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Frazier (1981) and Hulbert (1997).
Subspecies
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Hystrix dorsata Linnaeus p. 57 |
1822 | Erethizon dorsatum Cuvier |
1871 | Erethizon cloacinum Cope |
1902 | Erethizon cloacinus Hay p. 733 |
1902 | Erethizon dorsatus Hay p. 733 |
1904 | Erethizon godfreyi Allen |
1911 | Erethizon dorsatum Thomas p. 145 |
1970 | Coendou cumberlandicus White |
1973 | Erethizon dorsatum Woods p. 1 |
1980 | Coendou cumberlandicus Kurten and Anderson p. 272 |
1980 | Erethizon dorsatum Kurten and Anderson p. 273 |
1981 | Erethizon dorsatum Frazier |
1997 | Erethizon dorsatum Hulbert, Jr. p. 623 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 [North American porcupine]
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Erethizon dorsatum couesi Mearns 1897
Erethizon dorsatum dorsatum Linnaeus 1758
Erethizon dorsatum epixanthus Brandt 1835
Erethizon dorsatum myops Merriam 1900
Erethizon dorsatum picinum Bangs 1900
Invalid names: Coendou cumberlandicus White 1970 [synonym], Erethizon cloacinum Cope 1871 [synonym], Erethizon godfreyi Allen 1904 [synonym]
Erethizon dorsatum bruneri Swenk 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.3 Ma
Collections (49 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pleistocene | USA (Tennessee) | Erethizon dorsatum (74246) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | Erethizon dorsatum (126660) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Erethizon dorsatum (227368) | |
Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Erethizon dorsatum (124319 124709 125941) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Texas) | Erethizon epixanthum (93258) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (West Virginia) | Erethizon dorsatum (79660) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Erethizon dorsatum (20354 20479) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Arkansas) | Erethizon dorsatum (20290) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Erethizon dorsatum (20145 20289 20350 20351) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (West Virginia) | Coendou cumberlandicus (20554) | |
Irvingtonian | Mexico (Aguascalientes) | Erethizon dorsatum (20283) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Coendou cumberlandicus (20302) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (South Carolina) | Erethizon dorsatum (79757) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Erethizon dorsatum (93332 123868 124198 124199) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Utah) | Erethizon dorsatum (20641) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Erethizon dorsatum (82258 103991 104697 104758) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Alberta) | Erethizon dorsatum (20615) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Nuevo Leon) | Erethizon dorsatum (71345) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Nebraska) | Erethizon dorsatum (93179) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Erethizon dorsatum (76059) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Idaho) | Erethizon dorsatum (20569) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Erethizon dorsatum (154771) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Ohio) | Erethizon dorsatum (93334) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Erethizon dorsatum (74473) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Erethizon epixanthus (74235 93250) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Erethizon dorsatum (93141) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Missouri) | Erethizon dorsatum (63565 63571) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Erethizon dorsatum (104044 104672) | |
Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Erethizon dorsatum (221970 224189) | |
Holocene | Canada (Ontario) | Erethizon dorsatum (221863) | |
Holocene | USA (Alaska) | Erethizon dorsatum (220460) | |
Holocene | USA (Ohio) | Erethizon dorsatum (195062 195069) |