| Erethizontinae | |
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| North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Erethizontidae |
| Subfamily: | Erethizontinae Bonaparte, 1845 |
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Erethizontinae is a subfamily of the New World porcupine family Erethizontidae,1 and includes all species of the family with the exception of the bristle-spined rat, Chaetomys subspinosus, which is classified in its own subfamily, Chaetomyinae.
References
References
- Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "SUBFAMILY Erethizontinae". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.