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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 |
|---|---|
| 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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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 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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available