Erethizon

Erethizon dorsatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Erethizontoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha Superfamilia: Erethizontoidea

Familia: Erethizontidae
Subfamilia: Erethizontinae
Genus: Erethizon
Species (1): E. dorsatum

Name

Erethizon F. Cuvier, 1823: 432 [conserved name]

• Type species: Hystrix dorsata Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 91 (1926: 1) and Direction 24 (1955: 221).

References

Primary references

• Cuvier, F. 1823. Examen des espèces du genre porc-épic, et formation des genres ou sous-genres Acanthion, Eréthizon, Sinéthère et Sphiggure. Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 9: 413–437. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature. 1926. Opinion 91. Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4): 1–2. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1955. Direction 24. Completion of the entries relating to the names of certain genera in the class Mammalia made on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C: 219–246. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: North American Porcupine
português: Porco-espinho-da-América-do-Norte