Erethizontidae Bonaparte 1845

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1545-1550 : 1545

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11342509

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scientific name

Erethizontidae Bonaparte 1845
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Erethizontidae Bonaparte 1845 View in CoL

Erethizontidae Bonaparte 1845 View in CoL , Cat. Meth. Mamm. Europe: 5.

Synonyms: Coendidae Trouessart 1897 .

Genera: 5 genera with 16 species in 2 subfamilies:

Subfamily Chaetomyinae Thomas 1896

Genus Chaetomys Gray 1843 (1 species)

Subfamily Erethizontinae Bonaparte 1845

Genus Coendou Lacépède 1799 (4 species with 4 subspecies)

Genus Echinoprocta Gray 1865 (1 species)

Genus Erethizon F. Cuvier 1823 (1 species with 7 subspecies)

Genus Sphiggurus F. Cuvier 1825 (9 species with 3 subspecies)

Discussion: Spelled Erithizontidae by Corbet and Hill (1980:189); but see comments under Erethizon . Extinct forms date to the Oligocene of South America. Not included in the parvorder Caviida with the other New World Hystricognathi by McKenna and Bell (1997) but placement into a New World clade well supported by molecular data ( Huchon and Douzery, 2001; Nedbal et al., 1994).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Erethizontidae

Loc

Erethizontidae Bonaparte 1845

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Erethizontidae

Bonaparte 1845: 5
1845
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