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--> FAMILY Erethizontidae
--> SUBFAMILY Erethizontinae
--> GENUS Erethizon
SPECIES Erethizon dorsata
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 57. | Common Name: | North American Porcupine | Type Locality: | E Canada (= Quebec Prov.). | Distribution: | C Alaska (USA) to S Hudson Bay and Labrador (Canada), south to E Tennessee, C Iowa, and C Texas (USA), N Coahuila, Chihuahua, and Sonora (Mexico), and S California (USA). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common. | Comments: | Reviewed by Miller and Kellogg (1955:631), who restricted the type locality; also see Anderson and Rand (1943). Includes couesi (see review by Woods, 1973). Karyotype has 2n=42 and FN=78 (George and Weir, 1974). |
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