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The porcupine's scientific name, Erethizon dorsatum, can be loosely translated as "the animal with the irritating back". Native American terms for it include the Lakota name pahin meaning quill, [ 10 ] the Ho-Chunk name waxąhį , and the Chipewyan name ts'l .
The North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is the only extant species, but at least 4 extinct relatives are known, the oldest dating to the Late Pliocene. [2] Porcupines entered North America during the Great American Interchange after the Isthmus of Panama rose 3 million years ago. [3]
The word porcupine comes from the Latin porcus ' pig ' + spina ' spine, quill ', from Old Italian porcospino, ' thorn-pig '. [4] [5] A regional American name for the animal is quill-pig. [6] A baby porcupine is a porcupette. When born, a porcupette's quills are soft hair; they harden within a few days, forming the sharp quills of adults. [7]
Erethizon dorsatum - North American porcupine; Erethizon kleini (extinct) Erethizon poyeri (extinct) Family Chinchillidae. Genus Chinchilla.
Common name Scientific name Status [2] Notes Distribution [2] ... North American porcupine: Erethizon doratum: Uncommon Northern and central Family: Zapodidae.
Common name Scientific name Status Distribution Virginia opossum: Didelphis virginiana: Common, Introduced, Harvest ... North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum;
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.
A bull elk grazes in Gibbon Meadows in the west-central portion of the park. An elk grazes with a bison in the park. There are at least 67 species of mammals known to live within Yellowstone National Park, a 2,219,791 acres (898,318 ha) [1] protected area in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho.