ERETHIZONTIDAE, Bonaparte, 1845
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6603219 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6603142 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7347878F-8F32-3E46-FF3D-F941F866FAA8 |
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Carolina |
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ERETHIZONTIDAE |
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Family ERETHIZONTIDAE View in CoL
(NEW WORLD PORCUPINES)
• Small to medium-sized nocturnal, arboreal, herbivorous rodents with bodies covered with sharp, usually barbed spines used for defense.
• 55-150 cm. View Figure
• Nearctic and Neotropical Regions. View Figure
• Tundra and boreal forests in the north, temperate deciduous forests, deserts, grasslands, and lowland and montane tropical forests.
• 3 genera, 17 species, 23 (axa.
• | species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.
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