The New World porcupines, family Erethizontidae, are large arboreal rodents, distinguished by their spiny coverings from which they take their name. They...

the family Hystricidae, and the New World porcupines of the family Erethizontidae. Both families belong to the infraorder Hystricognathi within the profoundly...

closely related to the Erethizontidae than to the Echimyidae, although it branches as the sister group to the rest of the Erethizontidae. The phylogenetic...

2013). "Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae): Implications for Taxonomy, Morphological Evolution, and Biogeography"...

porcupine (Coendou mexicanus) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama...

(Coendou baturitensis) is a nocturnal species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae that is found in Brazil. The name refers to the locality of origin,...

Brazil has the largest mammal diversity in the world, with more than 600 described species and more likely to be discovered. According to the International...

quichua) or Quichua porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in the Andes of northern Ecuador and Colombia as well as...

Erethizontidae Species Common name Distribution Status Image Erethizon dorsatum North American porcupine Found in the western half of the state.  LC ...

This list of mammals of South Dakota includes species native to the U.S. state of South Dakota. Three species that are extirpated from the state are the...

exchange, a small number of species such as the New World porcupines (Erethizontidae) headed north. However, the main southward invasion of sigmodontines...

Hulbert, Richard C. (1997). "A new late Pliocene Porcupine (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) from Florida". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17 (3): 623–626...

Erethizontidae...

porcupine (Coendou spinosus) is a porcupine species from the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. They have a...

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Erethizontidae Genus: Coendou Species: C. prehensilis Binomial name Coendou prehensilis...

relatives, including some of megafaunal size) Echimyidae (spiny rats) Erethizontidae (New World porcupines) Myocastoridae (coypu) Octodontidae (13 species...

(Africa) Family Thryonomyidae: (2 species) cane rats (Africa) Family Erethizontidae: (19 species) New World porcupines (New World) Family Chinchillidae:...

Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except...

dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. Found in the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela, its natural habitat is...

This is a list of mammals of British Columbia. Fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes) LC Long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis) LC Northern long-eared myotis (Myotis...

porcupine (Coendou rufescens) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found mainly in Colombia, with a few records from Ecuador. This...

This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda...

There are 7 orders, 17 families, 40 genera, and 60 species represented among the mammals of New England. If extirpated, coastal, introduced, and accidental...

sedis †Tsaphanomys - incertae sedis Superfamily Erethizontoidea Family Erethizontidae - New World porcupines Superfamily Octodontoidea †Caviocricetus - incertae...

closely related to the Erethizontidae than to the Echimyidae, although it branches as the sister group to the rest of the Erethizontidae. Catzeflis, F.; Patton...

L. R. (2013). "A new species of porcupine, genus Coendou (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) from the Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 3636 (3):...

porcupine (Coendou melanurus) is a porcupine species from the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname...

porcupine (Coendou pruinosus) is a porcupine species in the family Erethizontidae from Colombia and northern and eastern Venezuela. It was formerly sometimes...

dwarf porcupine (Coendou ichillus) is a porcupine species in the family Erethizontidae. It is known from the lowlands (below an altitude of 400 m) of eastern...

flavescens Silky pocket mouse, Perognathus flavus Order: Rodentia   Family: Erethizontidae North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum Order: Rodentia   Family:...