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Erethizon dorsatum (North American porcupine)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae

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).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Hystrix dorsata Linnaeus p. 57
1822Erethizon dorsatum Cuvier
1871Erethizon cloacinum Cope
1902Erethizon cloacinus Hay p. 733
1902Erethizon dorsatus Hay p. 733
1904Erethizon godfreyi Allen
1911Erethizon dorsatum Thomas p. 145
1970Coendou cumberlandicus White
1973Erethizon dorsatum Woods p. 1
1980Coendou cumberlandicus Kurten and Anderson p. 272
1980Erethizon dorsatum Kurten and Anderson p. 273
1981Erethizon dorsatum Frazier
1997Erethizon dorsatum Hulbert, Jr. p. 623

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
—Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyErethizontoideaBonaparte 1845
familyErethizontidaeBonaparte 1845
genusErethizonCuvier 1822
speciesdorsatum()

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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Invalid names: Coendou cumberlandicus White 1970 [synonym], Erethizon cloacinum Cope 1871 [synonym], Erethizon godfreyi Allen 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-12 18:13:37
Modified: 2011-05-12 03:13:37
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Carroll 1988

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

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Erethizon dorsatum (124319 124709 125941)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Erethizon dorsatum (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Erethizon dorsatum (126660)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Erethizon dorsatum (74246)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (West Virginia) Erethizon dorsatum (79660)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (Texas) Erethizon epixanthum (93258)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Coendou cumberlandicus (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Mexico (Aguascalientes) Erethizon dorsatum (20283)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) Coendou cumberlandicus (20554)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Erethizon dorsatum (20145 20289 20350 20351)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Erethizon dorsatum (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Erethizon dorsatum (20354 20479)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (South Carolina) Erethizon dorsatum (79757)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Erethizon dorsatum (93141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Erethizon epixanthus (74235 93250)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Erethizon dorsatum (74473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Erethizon dorsatum (93334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Erethizon dorsatum (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Erethizon dorsatum (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Erethizon dorsatum (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Nebraska) Erethizon dorsatum (93179)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Erethizon dorsatum (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Erethizon dorsatum (82258 103991 104697 104758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Erethizon dorsatum (20615)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Utah) Erethizon dorsatum (20641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Erethizon dorsatum (93332 123868 124198 124199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Erethizon dorsatum (104044 104672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Erethizon dorsatum (63565 63571)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Erethizon dorsatum (195062 195069)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Erethizon dorsatum (221863)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Erethizon dorsatum (220460)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Erethizon dorsatum (221970 224189)