Erethizon dorsata

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
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• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Erethizontidae; Erethizon; Erethizon dorsata; Hudson Bay; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11342523; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/EEDF2F9BF15685FC600D85E5B7168CBE

Erethizon dorsata (Linnaeus 1758) Hystrix dorsata Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 57. Type Locality: E Canada (= Quebec Prov.). Vernacular Names: North American Porcupine. Subspecies:: Subspecies Erethizon dorsata subsp. dorsata Linnaeus 1758 Subspecies Erethizon dorsata subsp. bruneri Swenk 1916 Subspecies Erethizon dorsata subsp. couesi Mearns 1897 Subspecies Erethizon dorsata subsp. epixanthus Brandt 1835 Subspecies Erethizon dorsata subsp. myops Merriam 1900 Subspecies Erethizon dorsata subsp. nigrescens Allen 1903 Subspecies Erethizon dorsata subsp. picinum Bangs 1900 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). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common. Discussion: 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). Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae, pp. 1545-1550 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1548, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535