Erethizontinae

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Erethizontinae
Porcupine-BioDome.jpg
North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Erethizontidae
Subfamily: Erethizontinae
Bonaparte, 1845
Genera

Erethizontinae is a subfamily of the New World porcupine family Erethizontidae,[1] and includes all species of the family with the exception of the bristle-spined rat, Chaetomys subspinosus, which is classified in its own subfamily, Chaetomyinae.

References[]

  1. ^ Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). "SUBFAMILY Erethizontinae". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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