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Erethizontidae (porcupine)
Taxonomy
Erethizontidae was named by Bonaparte (1845). It is extant.
It was assigned to Hystricomorpha by Hay (1902); to Rodentia by Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Nowak (1991); to Hystricomorpha by Hulbert (1997); to Caviomorpha by Huchon and Douzery (2001); to Hystricognathi by Kramarz et al. (2010); and to Erethizontoidea by Wood (1958), Wood and Patterson (1959), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1999) and Boivin et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Hystricomorpha by Hay (1902); to Rodentia by Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Nowak (1991); to Hystricomorpha by Hulbert (1997); to Caviomorpha by Huchon and Douzery (2001); to Hystricognathi by Kramarz et al. (2010); and to Erethizontoidea by Wood (1958), Wood and Patterson (1959), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1999) and Boivin et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1845 | Erethizontidae Bonaparte |
| 1902 | Erethizontidae Hay p. 732 |
| 1958 | Erethizontidae Wood p. 172 |
| 1959 | Erethizontidae Wood and Patterson |
| 1980 | Erethizontidae Kurten and Anderson p. 272 |
| 1988 | Erethizontidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Erethizontidae Nowak |
| 1997 | Erethizontidae Hulbert, Jr. p. 624 |
| 1999 | Erethizontidae Nowak |
| 2001 | Erethizontidae Huchon and Douzery p. 243 |
| 2010 | Erethizontidae Kramarz et al. |
| 2017 | Erethizontidae Boivin et al. |
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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.
Fm. Erethizontidae Bonaparte 1845 [porcupine]
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G. †Branisamyopsis Candela 2003
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†Branisamyopsis australis Candela 2003
†Branisamyopsis praesigmoides Kramarz 2004
G. Coendou Lacépède 1799 [prehensile-tailed porcupine]
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Coendou laenatus Thomas 1903
†Coendou magnus Lund 1839
Coendou prehensilis Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Echinoprocta Gray 1865 [synonym], Sphiggurus Cuvier 1825 [synonym]
G. Erethizon Cuvier 1822 [North American porcupine]
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†Erethizon cascoensis White 1970
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 [North American porcupine]
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Erethizon dorsatum bruneri Swenk 1916
Erethizon dorsatum couesi Mearns 1897
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 dorsatum Linnaeus 1758
†Erethizon kleini Frazier 1981
†Erethizon poyeri Hulbert, Jr. 1997
G. †Hyposteiromys Patterson 1958
G. †Paradoxomys Ameghino 1885
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†Paradoxomys cancrivorus Ameghino 1885
†Paradoxomys patagonicus Ameghino 1889
G. †Parasteiromys Ameghino 1904
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†Parasteiromys friantae Candela 1999
†Parasteiromys uniformis Ameghino 1904
G. †Protosteiromys Wood and Patterson 1959
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†Protosteiromys asmodeophilus Wood and Patterson 1959
†Protosteiromys medianus Ameghino 1903
†Protosteiromys pattersoni Pérez et al. 2018
Invalid names: Erethizontinae Thomas 1897 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available