Erethizon dorsatum

Translingual

Erethizon dorsatum

Proper noun

Erethizon dorsatum n

1. A taxonomic species within the family Erethizontidae – common porcupine or North American porcupine.

Hypernyms

• (species): Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - parvorder; Erethizontidae - family; Erethizontinae - subfamily; Erethizon - genus

Hyponyms

• (species): Erethizon dorsatum dorsatum, Erethizon dorsatum bruneri, Erethizon dorsatum couesi, Erethizon dorsatum epixanthum, Erethizon dorsatum myops, Erethizon dorsatum nigrescens, Erethizon dorsatum picinum - subspecies

References

• Erethizon dorsatum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Erethizon dorsatum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Erethizon dorsatum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons