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Erethizon (North American porcupine)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Erethizontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Erethizon Cuvier
1825Erythizon Gray p. 341
1902Erethizon Hay p. 733
1980Erethizon Kurten and Anderson p. 273
1997Erethizon Hulbert, Jr. p. 624
1997Erethizon McKenna and Bell
2019Erethizon Albright et al. p. 162
2025Erethizon Eshelman et al. p. 116

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—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

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.

G. Erethizon Cuvier 1822 [North American porcupine]
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†Erethizon bathygnathum Wilson 1935
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Invalid names: Coendou stirtoni White 1968 [synonym]
†Erethizon cascoensis White 1970
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]
†Erethizon kleini Frazier 1981
†Erethizon poyeri Hulbert, Jr. 1997
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: Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Idaho) Erethizon bathygnathum (19913)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Erethizon poyeri (203947)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Erethizon cascoensis (19737) Erethizon sp. (20117 20121) Erethizon stirtoni (20115 20118 20120)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Arizona) Coendou stirtoni (19650)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Erethizon kleini (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Erethizon poyeri (98313) Erethizon sp. (19750)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Erethizon bathygnathum (206955)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Erethizon dorsatum (227368)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Erethizon dorsatum (126660)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Erethizon dorsatum (74246)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Erethizon dorsatum (124319 124709 125941)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0USA (West Virginia) Erethizon dorsatum (79660)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0USA (Texas) Erethizon epixanthum (93258)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21Mexico (Aguascalientes) Erethizon dorsatum (20283)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Erethizon dorsatum (20145 20289 20350 20351)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Pennsylvania) Erethizon dorsatum (20354 20479)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) Erethizon sp. (20477 20559)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Coendou sp. (20187) Erethizon cascoensis (20319) Erethizon sp. (20126 28221)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (New Mexico) Erethizon sp. (20504 20514)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arkansas) Erethizon dorsatum (20290)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Nebraska) Erethizon sp. (20138)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (West Virginia) Coendou cumberlandicus (20554)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Erethizon sp., Coendou cumberlandicus (20302)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.4 - 0.014USA (Florida) Erethizon kleini (20419)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (South Carolina) Erethizon dorsatum (79757)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Erethizon dorsatum (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Erethizon dorsatum (93332 123868 124198 124199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Utah) Erethizon dorsatum (20641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Erethizon dorsatum (82258 103991 104697 104758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Erethizon dorsatum (93334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Erethizon dorsatum (20615)
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 (California) Erethizon epixanthus (74235 93250)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Erethizon dorsatum (93141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Erethizon dorsatum (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Erethizon dorsatum (75066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Erethizon dorsatum (74473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Erethizon dorsatum (63565 63571)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Erethizon dorsatum (104044 104672)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Erethizon dorsatum (221970 224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Erethizon dorsatum (221863)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Erethizon dorsatum (220460)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (New Mexico) Erethizon sp. (93375)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Erethizon dorsatum (195062 195069)