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Erethizon F.Cuvier, 1823

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris vol.9 p.432

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Erethizontidae
genus
Erethizon

Name

Synonyms
Erethison Cuvier, 1829
Erethrizon Torne, 1885
Eretison Doughty, 1831
Eretison McMurtrie, 1831
Eretizon Cuvier, 1825
Erithizon Burnett, 1830
Erythizon Alston, 1876
Erythizon Cuvier, 1822
Erythizon Gray, 1825
Homonyms
Erethizon F.Cuvier, 1823
Common names
Baumstachelschweine in German
Kuzey Amerika Porkupini in Turkish
New World Porcupines in English
North American Porcupine in English
North American Porcupine in English
North American Porcupines in language.
North American porcupine in English
Porco-espinho-da-América-do-Norte in Portuguese
Porcospino nordamericano in Italian
Ursone in Italian
urson in Polish
ursot in Finnish
urzon in Czech
Североамериканские дикобразы in Russian
カナダヤマアラシ属 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 91 Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4), 1 (1926)
  3. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris), 9 [6]
  4. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  5. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  6. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  7. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
  8. Voss, Robert S., Caldonia Hubbard, Sharon A. Jansa, 2013: Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae): Implications for Taxonomy, Morphological Evolution, and Biogeography. American Museum Novitates, no. 3769. 1-36.
  9. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  10. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  11. Wilson, Don E., T. E. Lacher Jr., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2016: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I. 987.
  12. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  13. Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 1538-1600.
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