†Erethizon kleini Frazier 1981 (North American porcupine)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Full reference: M. K. Frazier. 1981. A revision of the fossil Erethizontidae of North America. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 27(1)
Belongs to Erethizon according to R. C. Hulbert 1997
See also Frazier 1981
Sister taxa: Erethizon bathygnathum, Erethizon cascoensis, Erethizon dorsatum, Erethizon poyeri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Inglis IA, which is in a Gelasian terrestrial horizon in Florida
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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