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Erethizontidae

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Noun1.Erethizontidae - New World arboreal porcupines
family Erethizontidae
mammal family - a family of mammals
Hystricomorpha, suborder Hystricomorpha - an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc.
New World porcupine - arboreal porcupine
Erethizon, genus Erethizon - a genus of Erethizontidae
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The Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus mexicanus, formerly Coendou mexicanus; Woods and Kilpatrick, 2005), which also is known as the prehensile-tailed porcupine, is one of two extant species of the family Erethizontidae present in Mexico (Leopold, 1959; Hall, 1981; Wainwright, 2002).
Distributional and ecological records of the Mexican hairy dwarf ... by Monterrubio-Rico, Tiberio C.; Ortega-Rodriguez, Juan Manuel; Mendoza-Cardenas, Neftali; Cancino-Muri / Southwestern Naturalist
meadow vole -- 6 8 Ondotra zibethicus, muskrat x -- -- Phenacomys intermedius, heather vole x -- -- Dipodidae (Zapodidae) Zapus princes, western jumping mouse x -- -- Erethizontidae Erethizon dorsatutn, porcupine x -- -- CARNIVORA Canidae Canis latrans, coyote x -- -- Urocyon cinereoargenteus, gray fox x -- -- Vulpes Vulpes, red fox x -- -- Ursidae Ursus americanus, black bear x -- -- U.
A mid-Holocene fauna from Bear Den Cave, Sequoia National Park, ... by Mead, Jim I.; McGinnis, Thomas W.; Keeley, Jon E. / Bulletin (Southern California Academy of Sciences)
Family Erethizontidae (New World porcupines) Erethizon dorsatum (porcupine).
Revised checklist of Recent land mammals of Texas, with annotations by Jones, J. Knox, Jr.; Jones, Clyde / The Texas Journal of Science
 
 
 
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