New World Porcupines Fossil range: Late Oligocene - Recent |
Canadian Porcupine | | Scientific classification | | | | Genera | | Erethizon Coendou Sphiggurus Echinoprocta Chaetomys The Oligocene epoch is a geologic period of time that extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present. ...
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Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as Canadian Porcupine or Common Porcupine, is a large rodent in the New World porcupine family. ...
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Suborders Sciuromorpha Castorimorpha Myomorpha Anomaluromorpha Hystricomorpha Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents. ...
Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (May 24, 1803 _ July 29, 1857) was a French naturalist and ornithologist. ...
Binomial name Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus, 1758 The North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as Canadian Porcupine, is a large rodent in the New World porcupine family. ...
Species Coendou bicolor Coendou nycthemera Coendou prehensilis Coendou rothschildi The prehensile-tailed porcupines or Coendous (genus Coendou) are a group of arboreal porcupine found in Central and South America. ...
Species Sphiggurus ichillus Sphiggurus insidiosus Sphiggurus melanurus Sphiggurus mexicanus Sphiggurus pruinosus Sphiggurus roosmalenorum Sphiggurus spinosus Sphiggurus vestitus Sphiggurus villosus Sphiggurus is a genus of porcupine. ...
Binomial name Chaetomys subspinosus (Olfers, 1818) The Bristle-spined Porcupine, Chaetomys subspinosus, is an arboreal rodent from Brazil. ...
| The New World porcupines are large terrestrial rodents, distinguished by their spiny covering from which they take their name. They are all stout animals, with blunt rounded heads, fleshy mobile snouts, and coats of thick cylindrical or flattened spines ("quills"). Although both the New World and Old World porcupine families belong to the Hystricognathi branch of the vast order Rodentia, they are quite different and are not closely related. Suborders Sciuromorpha Castorimorpha Myomorpha Anomaluromorpha Hystricomorpha Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents. ...
Genera Atherurus Hystrix Thecurus Trichys The Old World porcupines are large representatives of the terrestrial rodent mammals, distinguished by their spiny covering from which they take their name. ...
Hystricognathi is a subordo of the Rodentia. ...
Suborders Sciuromorpha Castorimorpha Myomorpha Anomaluromorpha Hystricomorpha Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents. ...
The porcupines are represented in the New World by the members of the family Erethizontidae, which have rooted molars, complete collar-bones, entire upper lips, tuberculated soles, no trace of a first front-toe, and four teats. The spines are mixed with long soft hairs. Genera Family Erethizontidae Coendou Sphiggurus Erethizon Echinoprocta Chaetomys Family Hystricidae Atherurus Hystrix Thecurus Trichys This article is about the rodent mammal. ...
Molars are the rearmost and most complicated kind of tooth in most mammals. ...
They are less strictly nocturnal than Old World species in their habits, and some types live entirely in trees while others have dens on the ground. Their long and powerful prehensile tails help them balance when they are in the tree tops. Their diet consists mainly of bark, leaves and conifer needles but can also include roots, stems, berries, fruits, seeds, nuts, grasses and flowers. Some species also eat insects and small reptiles.[1] A prehensile tail is the tail of an animal that has adapted to be able to grasp and/or hold objects. ...
They include three genera, of which the first is represented by the Canadian Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), a stout, heavily built animal, with long hairs almost or quite hiding its spines, four front- and five hind-toes, and a short, stumpy tail. It is a native of the greater part of Canada and the United States, wherever there is any remnant of the original forest left. Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as Canadian Porcupine or Common Porcupine, is a large rodent in the New World porcupine family. ...
The tree porcupines (Coendou, Sphiggurus, and Echinoprocta) contain 15 species. They are found throughout tropical South America, with two extending into Mexico. They are of a lighter build than the ground porcupines, with short, close, many-coloured spines, often mixed with hairs, and prehensile tails. The hind-feet have only four toes, owing to the suppression of the first, in place of which they have a fleshy pad on the inner side of the foot; between this pad and the toes, branches and other objects can be firmly grasped as with a hand. Species Coendou bicolor Coendou nycthemera Coendou prehensilis Coendou rothschildi The prehensile-tailed porcupines or Coendous (genus Coendou) are a group of arboreal porcupine found in Central and South America. ...
Species Sphiggurus ichillus Sphiggurus insidiosus Sphiggurus melanurus Sphiggurus mexicanus Sphiggurus pruinosus Sphiggurus roosmalenorum Sphiggurus spinosus Sphiggurus vestitus Sphiggurus villosus Sphiggurus is a genus of porcupine. ...
South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...
Genus Chaetomys, distinguished by the shape of its skull and the greater complexity of its teeth, contains C. subspinosus, a native of the hottest parts of Brazil. This animal is often considered a member of the Echimyidae on the basis of its premolar. Binomial name Chaetomys subspinosus (Olfers, 1818) The Bristle-spined Porcupine, Chaetomys subspinosus, is an arboreal rodent from Brazil. ...
Genera â Cercomys â Maruchito â Paulacoutomys â Willidewu â Adelphomys â Deseadomys â Paradelphomys â Stichomys â Xylechimys Dactylomys Kannabateomys Olallamys â Boromys â Brotomys â Heteropsomys â Puertoricomys â Acarechimys â Chasichimys â Eumysops Lonchothrix Mesomys â Palaeoechimys â Pampamys â Pattersomys â Protacaremys â Protadelphomys â Sallamys Proechimys Thrichomys Trinomys Carterodon Clyomys Euryzygomatomys Callistomys Diplomys Echimys Isothrix Makalata Pattonomys Phyllomys Santamartamys The spiny rats are a group of hystricognath...
The premolar teeth or bicuspids are transitional teeth located between the canine and molar teeth. ...
Species
- Family Erethizontidae
- Subfamily Erethizontinae
- North American Porcupine - Erethizon dorsatum
- Tree porcupines (sometimes united in a single genus Coendou)
- Coendou - prehensile-tailed porcupines
- Coendou bicolor - Bicolor-spined Porcupine
- Coendou nycthemera - Koopman's Porcupine
- Coendou prehensilis - Brazilian Porcupine
- Coendou rothschildi - Rothschild's Porcupine
- Stump-tailed Porcupine - Echinoprocta rufescens
- Sphiggurus - dwarf porcupines
- Sphiggurus ichillus - Long-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
- Sphiggurus insidiosus - Bahia Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
- Sphiggurus melanurus - Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
- Sphiggurus mexicanus - Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
- Sphiggurus pruinosus - Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
- Sphiggurus roosmalenorum - Van Roosmalens's Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
- Sphiggurus spinosus - South American Tree Porcupine
- Sphiggurus vestitus - Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
- Sphiggurus villosus - Orange-spined Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
- Subfamily Chaetomyinae
Binomial name Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus, 1758 The North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as Canadian Porcupine, is a large rodent in the New World porcupine family. ...
Species Coendou bicolor Coendou nycthemera Coendou prehensilis Coendou rothschildi The prehensile-tailed porcupines or Coendous (genus Coendou) are a group of arboreal porcupine found in Central and South America. ...
Binomial name Olfers, 1818 Synonyms Coendou koopmani The Koopmans Porcupine, Coendou nycthemera, is a porcupine species from the Erethizontidae family endemic to northern Brazil. ...
Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The Brazilian Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) is a porcupine found in tropical forests in Mexico and throughout much of South America. ...
Species Sphiggurus ichillus Sphiggurus insidiosus Sphiggurus melanurus Sphiggurus mexicanus Sphiggurus pruinosus Sphiggurus roosmalenorum Sphiggurus spinosus Sphiggurus vestitus Sphiggurus villosus Sphiggurus is a genus of porcupine. ...
[[{{{diversity_link}}}|Diversity]] {{{diversity}}} Binomial name Sphiggurus insidiosus (Olfers, 1818) Trinomial name {{{trinomial}}} Type Species {{{type_species}}} {{{subdivision_ranks}}} [[Image:{{{range_map}}}|{{{range_map_width}}}|]] Synonyms {{{synonyms}}} The Bahia Hairy Dwarf Porcupine, Sphiggurus insidiosus, is a porcupine species from the Erethizontidae family endemic to southeastern Brazil. ...
Binomial name (Wagner, 1842) The Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine, Sphiggurus melanurus, is a South American porcupine species from the Erethizontidae family. ...
Binomial name Voss & da Silva, 2001 Van Roosmalens Porcupine, Sphiggurus roosmalenorum, is a porcupine species from the Erethizontidae family endemic to northern Brazil. ...
Binomial name (Cuvier, 1822) The South American Tree Porcupine, Sphiggurus spinosus, is a South American porcupine species from the Erethizontidae family. ...
Binomial name (Cuvier, 1822) The Orange-spined Hairy Dwarf Porcupine, Sphiggurus villosus, is a porcupine species from the Erethizontidae family endemic to southern Brazil. ...
Binomial name Chaetomys subspinosus (Olfers, 1818) The Bristle-spined Porcupine, Chaetomys subspinosus, is an arboreal rodent from Brazil. ...
Binomial name Chaetomys subspinosus (Olfers, 1818) The Bristle-spined Porcupine, Chaetomys subspinosus, is an arboreal rodent from Brazil. ...
References - ^ Macdonald (Ed), Professor David W. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-920608-2.
| Sciuromorpha: †Allomyidae | Aplodontiidae | †Mylagaulidae | †Reithroparamyidae | Sciuridae | Gliridae Suborders Sciuromorpha Castorimorpha Myomorpha Anomaluromorpha Hystricomorpha Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents. ...
Infraorders Anomaluromorpha Castorimorpha Ctenodactylomorpha Geomorpha Glirimorpha Myodonta Sciurida Sciurognathi is a suborder of rodents that includes squirrels, chipmunks, beavers, and many types of mice. ...
Binomial name Aplodontia rufa Richardson, 1829 The Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa) is a rodent unrelated to beavers and that is not usually found in mountainous areas. ...
Genera 10, see text The Mylagaulidae or mylagaulids are a prehistoric family of sciuromorph rodents. ...
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Subfamilies and Genera Graphiurinae Graphiurus Leithiinae Dryomys Eliomys Hypnomys Myomimus Selevinia Myoxinae Glirulus Muscardinus Glis Dormice are Old World mammals in the family Gliridae, part of the rodent (Rodentia) order. ...
| | Castorimorpha: †Eutypomyidae | Castoridae | †Rhizospalacidae | †Eomyidae | †Heliscomyidae | †Mojavemyidae | Heteromyidae | Geomyidae Genera â Eocastoroides â Steneofiber â Neatocastor â Asiacastor â Youngofiber â Trogontherium â Eucastor â Schreuderia â Dipoides â Boreofiber â Romanocastor â Zamolxifiber â Procastoroides â Castoroides â Paradipoides â Agnotocastor â Capacikala â Pseudopalaeocastor â Fossorcastor â Euhapsis â Propalaeocastor â Palaeomys â Palaeocastor â Hystricops Castor The family Castoridae contains the two living species of beaver and their fossil relatives. ...
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Genera â Eocastoroides â Steneofiber â Neatocastor â Asiacastor â Youngofiber â Trogontherium â Eucastor â Schreuderia â Dipoides â Boreofiber â Romanocastor â Zamolxifiber â Procastoroides â Castoroides â Paradipoides â Agnotocastor â Capacikala â Pseudopalaeocastor â Fossorcastor â Euhapsis â Propalaeocastor â Palaeomys â Palaeocastor â Hystricops Castor The family Castoridae contains the two living species of beaver and their fossil relatives. ...
Rhizospalax is a genus of extinct rodent from Europe thought to be distantly related to modern beavers. ...
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SubFamilies Dipodomyinae Heteromyinae Perognathinae Most Heteromyidae live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, though species within the Heteromys and Liomys genera are also found in forests and extend down as far as northern South America. ...
Genera Cratogeomys Geomys Orthogeomys Pappogeomys Thomomys Zygogeomys The pocket gophers are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. ...
| | Myomorpha: †Armintomidae | Dipodidae | †Anomalomyidae | †Simimyidae | Platacanthomyidae | Spalacidae | Calomyscidae | Nesomyidae | Cricetidae | Muridae Suborder Myomorpha contains nearly a quarter of all mammal species. ...
Armintomys was a genus of extinct rodent from North America related to jerboas and jumping mice. ...
Genera 10 genera in 5 subfamilies Jerboas are the members of the family Dipodidae; they are small jumping desert rodents of Asia and northern Africa that resemble mice with a long tufted tail and very long hind legs. ...
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Genera see text Platacanthomyinae is the only subfamily in the family Platacanthomyidae. ...
Subfamilies see text Spalacidae is a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. ...
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Subfamilies see text Nesomyidae is a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. ...
Subfamilies Arvicolinae Cricetinae Neotominae Sigmodontinae Tylomyinae Valid name: Muridae Illiger, 1815 [1] Cricetidae is a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. ...
Subfamilies Deomyinae Gerbillinae Lophiomyinae Leimacomyinae Murinae Muridae is the largest family of mammals. ...
| | Anomaluromorpha: Anomaluridae | †Parapedetidae | Pedetidae Families Anomaluridae â Parapedetidae Pedetidae Anomaluromorpha is the name given to a clade that unites the anomalures with the springhare. ...
Genera Anomalurus, Idiurus, Zenkerella The Anomaluridae or scaly-tailed flying squirrels are a family of rodents found in central Africa. ...
Binomial name Pedetes capensis (Forster, 1778) The Springhare (Pedetes capensis), or Springhaas, is not actually a hare, but a member of the order Rodentia; it is the only species in its family Pedetidae and in the genus Pedetes. ...
| | Hystricomorpha: †Tamquammyidae | Ctenodactylidae | Diatomyidae | †Yuomyidae | †Chapattimyidae | †Tsaganomyidae | †"Baluchimyinae" | †Bathyergoididae | Bathyergidae | Hystricidae | †Myophiomyidae | †Diamantomyidae | †Phiomyidae | †Kenyamyidae | Petromuridae | Thryonomyidae | Erethizontidae | Chinchillidae | Dinomyidae | Caviidae | Dasyproctidae | †Eocardiidae | Cuniculidae | Ctenomyidae | Octodontidae | †Neoepiblemidae | Abrocomidae | Echimyidae | Myocastoridae | Capromyidae | †Heptaxodontidae Families Ctenodactylidae â Tammquammyidae â Diatomyidae â Yuomyidae â Chapattimyidae â Tsaganomyidae Laonastidae â Baluchimyinae Hystricidae â Myophiomyidae â Diamantomyidae â Phiomyidae â Kenyamyidae Petromuridae Thryonomyidae Bathyergidae â Bathyergoididae Erethizontidae Dasyproctidae Agoutidae â Eocardiidae Dinomyidae Caviidae Hydrochaeridae Octodontidae Ctenomyidae Echimyidae Myocastoridae Capromyidae â Heptaxodontidae Chinchillidae â Neoepiblemidae Abrocomidae Skull of a capybara showing the enlarged infraorbital canal present in most members of the Hystricomorpha. ...
Genera Ctenodactylus Felovia Massoutiera Pectinator Gundis (family Ctenodactylidae) are a group of small, stocky rodents found in Africa. ...
Genera Laonastes â Diatomys â Fallomus â Willmus Diatomyidae is a family of hystricomorphous, sciurognathous rodents found in Asia. ...
Tsaganomys is an extinct genus of rodents from Asia. ...
Bathyergoides is an extinct genus of rodent from Africa thought to be related to the modern blesmols. ...
Genera Georychus Cryptomys Heliophobius Bathyergus Heterocephalus The blesmols, also known as mole rats, or African mole-rats, are burrowing rodents of the family Bathyergidae. ...
Genera Atherurus Hystrix Thecurus Trichys The Old World porcupines are large representatives of the terrestrial rodent mammals, distinguished by their spiny covering from which they take their name. ...
Subfamilies â Myophiomyinae â Phiocricetomyinae The Myophiomyids are an extinct form of Old World hystricognath. ...
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The Phiomyidae are an extinct family of rodents from Africa and Eurasia. ...
The Kenyamyidae are an extinct family of rodents from Africa. ...
Binomial name Petromus typicus A. Smith, 1831 The Dassie Rat, Petromus typicus, is an African rodent found among rocky outcroppings. ...
Species Thryonomys gregorianus (Lesser Cane Rat) Thryonomys swinderianus (Greater Cane Rat) The genus Thryonomys, also know as cane rats, is a genus of rodent found in Africa south of the Sahara. ...
Genera Chinchilla Lagidium Lagostomus Chinchillas and their relatives viscachas are small, nocturnal mammals native to the Andes mountains in South America and belonging to the family Chinchillidae. ...
The pacarana (Dinomys branickii) is a rare and slow-moving South American rodent found only in tropical forests of the western Amazon River basin and adjacent foothills of the Andes Mountains from northwestern Venezuela and Colombia to western Bolivia. ...
Subfamilies Caviinae Dolichotinae The Cavy (family Caviidae) is divided in two subfamilies: Subfamily Caviinae: cavies and guinea pigs Genus Cavia, this genus is especially called cavy. ...
Genera Dasyprocta Myoprocta Agouti The Dasyproctidae are a family of South American rodents, comprising three genera. ...
The Eocardiidae are an extinct family of caviomorph rodents from South America. ...
Species Agouti paca Agouti taczanowskii Species Paca, Agouti paca Mountain Paca, Agouti taczanowskii Categories: Stub | Rodents ...
The tuco-tucos are members of a group of rodents that belong to the family Ctenomyidae. ...
Genera Octodon Octodontomys Octomys Spalacopus Aconaemys Pipanacoctomys Salinoctomys Tympanoctomys The Octodontidae are a family of South American rodents. ...
The Neoepiblemidae are an extinct family of rodents from South America. ...
Genera Abrocoma Cuscomys â Protabrocoma Chinchilla rats are members of the family Abrocomidae. ...
Genera â Cercomys â Maruchito â Paulacoutomys â Willidewu â Adelphomys â Deseadomys â Paradelphomys â Stichomys â Xylechimys Dactylomys Kannabateomys Olallamys â Boromys â Brotomys â Heteropsomys â Puertoricomys â Acarechimys â Chasichimys â Eumysops Lonchothrix Mesomys â Palaeoechimys â Pampamys â Pattersomys â Protacaremys â Protadelphomys â Sallamys Proechimys Thrichomys Trinomys Carterodon Clyomys Euryzygomatomys Callistomys Diplomys Echimys Isothrix Makalata Pattonomys Phyllomys Santamartamys The spiny rats are a group of hystricognath...
Binomial name Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782) The coypu or nutria (Myocastor coypus) is a large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent native to South America, but now also present in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. ...
Genera Capromys Geocapromys â Hexolobodon Isolobodon Mesocapromys Mysateles Plagiodontia Rhizoplagiodontia Hutias are cavy-like rodents that inhabits the Caribbean Islands. ...
Genera Amblyrhiza Clidomys Elasmodontomys Quemsia The giant hutias are an extinct group of large rodents known from fossil and subfossil material in the West Indies. ...
| | Prehistoric rodents (incertae sedis): †Eurymylidae | †Cocomyidae | †Alagomyidae | †Ivanantoniidae | †Laredomyidae | †Ischyromyidae | †Theridomyidae | †Protoptychidae | †Zegdoumyidae | †Sciuravidae | †Cylindrodontidae Genera â Gomphos â Zagmys â Nikolomylus â Aktashmys â Asiaparamys â Kazygurtia â Eomylus â Eurymylus â Amar â Rhombomylus â Decipomys â Khaychina Eurymylidae is a family of extinct simplicidentates. ...
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