Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Alternative spelling: Erythizon
Parent taxon: Erethizontidae according to R. C. Hulbert 1997
See also Albright et al. 2019, Alroy 2002, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Branisamyopsis, Cholamys, Coendou, Eopululo, Erethizontinae, Hyposteiromys, Hypsosteiromys, Microsteiromys, Palaeosteiromys, Paradoxomys, Parasteiromys, Protosteiromys
Subtaxa: Erethizon bathygnathum Erethizon cascoensis Erethizon dorsatum Erethizon kleini Erethizon poyeri
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (4: Alberta, Ontario, Quebec collections), Mexico (2), United States (58: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (9: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho)
Total: 73 collections each including a single occurrence
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