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Erethizon (North American porcupine)
Taxonomy
Erethizon was named by Cuvier (1822). It is extant.
It was assigned to Histricidae by Gray (1825); to Erethizontinae by Hay (1902); and to Erethizontidae by Cuvier (1822), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hulbert (1997), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Albright et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Histricidae by Gray (1825); to Erethizontinae by Hay (1902); and to Erethizontidae by Cuvier (1822), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hulbert (1997), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Albright et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1822 | Erethizon Cuvier |
| 1825 | Erythizon Gray p. 341 |
| 1902 | Erethizon Hay p. 733 |
| 1980 | Erethizon Kurten and Anderson p. 273 |
| 1997 | Erethizon Hulbert, Jr. p. 624 |
| 1997 | Erethizon McKenna and Bell |
| 2019 | Erethizon Albright et al. p. 162 |
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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 dorsatum Linnaeus 1758
Erethizon dorsatum epixanthus Brandt 1835
Erethizon dorsatum myops Merriam 1900
Invalid names: Coendou cumberlandicus White 1970 [synonym], Erethizon cloacinum Cope 1871 [synonym], Erethizon godfreyi Allen 1904 [synonym]
Erethizon dorsatum picinum Bangs 1900
†Erethizon kleini Frazier 1981
†Erethizon poyeri Hulbert, Jr. 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Collections (73 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blancan | USA (Arizona) | Coendou stirtoni (19650) | |
| Blancan | USA (Idaho) | Erethizon bathygnathum (19913) | |
| Blancan | USA (Florida) | Erethizon poyeri (203947) | |
| Blancan | USA (California) | Erethizon cascoensis (19737) Erethizon sp. (20117 20121) Erethizon stirtoni (20115 20118 20120) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Erethizon kleini (20384) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Erethizon poyeri (98313) Erethizon sp. (19750) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Erethizon bathygnathum (206955) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Erethizon dorsatum (227368) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Erethizon dorsatum (124319 124709 125941) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Tennessee) | Erethizon dorsatum (74246) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | Erethizon dorsatum (126660) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (West Virginia) | Erethizon dorsatum (79660) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Texas) | Erethizon epixanthum (93258) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Nebraska) | Erethizon sp. (20138) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (West Virginia) | Coendou cumberlandicus (20554) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Erethizon sp., Coendou cumberlandicus (20302) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Coendou sp. (20187) Erethizon cascoensis (20319) Erethizon sp. (20126 28221) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | Erethizon sp. (20477 20559) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Erethizon dorsatum (20354 20479) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Arkansas) | Erethizon dorsatum (20290) | |
| Irvingtonian | Mexico (Aguascalientes) | Erethizon dorsatum (20283) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Erethizon dorsatum (20145 20289 20350 20351) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (New Mexico) | Erethizon sp. (20504 20514) | |
| Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Erethizon kleini (20419) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (South Carolina) | Erethizon dorsatum (79757) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Nuevo Leon) | Erethizon dorsatum (71345) | |
| 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 (interglacial) | Canada (Alberta) | Erethizon dorsatum (20615) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Erethizon dorsatum (76059) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Erethizon dorsatum (82258 103991 104697 104758) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Erethizon dorsatum (93332 123868 124198 124199) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Erethizon dorsatum (154771) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Nebraska) | Erethizon dorsatum (93179) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Utah) | Erethizon dorsatum (20641) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Idaho) | Erethizon dorsatum (20569) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Erethizon dorsatum (93141) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Erethizon dorsatum (104044 104672) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Missouri) | Erethizon dorsatum (63565 63571) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Ontario) | Erethizon dorsatum (221863) | |
| Holocene | USA (Alaska) | Erethizon dorsatum (220460) | |
| Holocene | USA (Ohio) | Erethizon dorsatum (195062 195069) | |
| Holocene | USA (New Mexico) | Erethizon sp. (93375) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Erethizon dorsatum (221970 224189) |