Erethizon dorsatum
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Erethizontidae
Subfamilia: Erethizontinae
Genus: Erethizon
Species: Erethizon dorsatum
Subspecies: E. d. bruneri –E. d. couesi –
E. d. dorsatum –
E. d. epixanthum –
E. d. myops –
E. d. nigrescens –
E. d. picinum
Name
[edit]Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Type material: Unknown.
- Type locality: “Canada”, restricted to “Eastern Canada [—Province of Quebec]” by Miller & Kellogg (1955).
Combinations
[edit]- Hystrix dorsata Linnaeus, 1758: 57 [original combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]- Akan: Kotoko
- brezhoneg: Hoc'h-dreinek Norzhamerika
- čeština: Urzon kanadský
- Deutsch: Urson
- English: North American Porcupine
- español: Ursón, puercoespín norteamericano
- eesti: Urson
- suomi: Kanadanpuupiikkisika
- français: Porc-épic d'Amérique
- magyar: Észak-amerikai kúszósül, észak-amerikai urzon
- Iñupiatun: Iḷḷaatqusiq
- italiano: Ursone
- Ripoarisch: Urson
- lietuvių: Ursonas
- монгол: Хойд Америкийн үхэр зараа
- Nederlands: Oerzon
- Diné bizaad: Dahsání
- polski: Urson
- português: Porco-espinho-da-América-do-Norte
- русский: Североамериканский дикобраз
- српски / srpski: Северноамеричко бодљикаво прасе
- svenska: Nordamerikanskt trädpiggsvin
- українська: Голкошерст канадський
- 中文: 北美豪豬