Published December 31, 1982
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Erethizon dorsatum
Description
Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:57.
REVIEWED BY: J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRP).
TYPE LOCALITY: E. Canada (= Quebec Prov.).
DISTRIBUTION: C. Alaska (U.S.A.) to S. Hudson Bay and Labrador (Canada), south to E. Tennessee, and C. Iowa, C. Texas (U.S.A.), N. Coahuila, Chihuahua, and Sonora (Mexico), and S. California (U.S.A.).
COMMENT: Reviewed by Miller and Kellogg, 1955, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 205:631, who restricted the type locality; also see Anderson and Rand, 1943, Can. J. Res., 21:292-309. Includes couesi; see review by Woods, 1973, Mamm. Species, 29:1-6.
Notes
Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), pp. 560-594 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 572, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353039
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353039 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF85FFD1463DFFA12306FFF55074FFFA (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Erethizontidae
- Genus
- Erethizon
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Species
- dorsatum
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982
References
- Miller, G. S., Jr., and R. Kellogg. 1955. List of North American Recent mammals. Bulletin of United States National Museum, 205: 1 - 954.
- Anderson, R. M., and A. L. Rand. 1943. Variation in the porcupine (Genus Erethizon) in Canada. Canadian Journal of Research, section D, 21: 292 - 309.
- Woods, C. A. 1973. Erethizon dorsatum. Mammalian Species, 29 - 1 - 6.