Erethizontinae
Appearance
Erethizontinae | |
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North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
- ^ 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.