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family

new world porcupines
Erethizontidae

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Rodentia - rodents

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Erethizon dorsatum - North American Porcupine

Erethizon dorsatum - North American Porcupine

Author: Petr Pivoňka

Coendou prehensilis - Brazilian Porcupine

Coendou prehensilis - Brazilian Porcupine

Author: Vladimír Motyčka

Sphiggurus mexicanus - Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Sphiggurus mexicanus - Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Author: Ondřej Prosický

Erethizontidae in BioLib

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 4

genus Coendou Lacépède, 1799
genus Echinoprocta Gray, 1865
genus Erethizon F. Cuvier, 1823 - new world porcupines
genus Sphiggurus F. Cuvier, 1825

Links and literature

CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Erethizontidae]
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