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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]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available