Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Alternative spelling: Erythizon
Parent taxon: Erethizontidae according to R. C. Hulbert 1997
See also Albright et al. 2019, Alroy 2002, Eshelman et al. 2025, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Branisamyopsis, Cholamys, Coendou, Eopululo, Erethizontinae, Hyposteiromys, Hypsosteiromys, Microsteiromys, Palaeosteiromys, Paradoxomys, Parasteiromys, Protosteiromys
Subtaxa: Erethizon bathygnathum Erethizon cascoensis Erethizon dorsatum Erethizon kleini Erethizon poyeri
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (4: Alberta, Ontario, Quebec collections), Mexico (2), United States (58: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (9: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho)
Total: 73 collections each including a single occurrence
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