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North American porcupine, the Glossary

The North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as the Canadian porcupine, is a large quill-covered rodent in the New World porcupine family.^[1]

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Erethizontidae
Extant Middle Pleistocene first appearances

Acer saccharum

Acer saccharum, the sugar maple, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae.

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Aguascalientes

Aguascalientes, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes (Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico.

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Alaska

Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.

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The American black bear (Ursus americanus), also known as the black bear, is a species of medium-sized bear endemic to North America. North American porcupine and american black bear are Pleistocene mammals of North America.

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American Society of Mammalogists

The American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) was founded in 1919.

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Aposematism

Aposematism is the advertising by an animal, whether terrestrial or marine, to potential predators that it is not worth attacking or eating.

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Arkansas

Arkansas is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States.

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Before Present

Before Present (BP) or "years before present (YBP)" is a time scale used mainly in archaeology, geology, and other scientific disciplines to specify when events occurred relative to the origin of practical radiocarbon dating in the 1950s.

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Body odor

Body odor or body odour (BO) is present in all animals and its intensity can be influenced by many factors (behavioral patterns, survival strategies).

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Canidae

Canidae (from Latin, canis, "dog") is a biological family of dog-like carnivorans, colloquially referred to as dogs, and constitutes a clade.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Cat

The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. North American porcupine and cat are mammals described in 1758.

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Caviomorpha

Caviomorpha is the rodent parvorder that unites all New World hystricognaths.

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Chipewyan language

Chipewyan or Dënesųłinë́ (ethnonym), often simply called Dëne, is the language spoken by the Chipewyan people of northwestern Canada.

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Conard Fissure

The Conard Fissure is a geologic feature in Northern Arkansas where a deposit of Pleistocene fossils was discovered in 1903.

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Conifer

Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms.

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Cougar

The cougar (Puma concolor) (KOO-gər), also known as the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large cat native to the Americas. North American porcupine and cougar are extant Middle Pleistocene first appearances and Pleistocene mammals of North America.

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Coyote

The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf is a species of canine native to North America. North American porcupine and coyote are extant Middle Pleistocene first appearances, fauna of the Rocky Mountains, fauna of the Western United States and Pleistocene mammals of North America.

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Dog

The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. North American porcupine and dog are mammals described in 1758.

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Enantiomer

In chemistry, an enantiomer (/ɪˈnænti.əmər, ɛ-, -oʊ-/ ''ih-NAN-tee-ə-mər''; from Ancient Greek ἐναντίος (enantíos) 'opposite', and μέρος (méros) 'part') – also called optical isomer, antipode, or optical antipode – is one of two stereoisomers that are nonsuperposable onto their own mirror image.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction.

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Fisher (animal)

The fisher (Pekania pennanti) is a carnivorous mammal native to North America, a forest-dwelling creature whose range covers much of the boreal forest in Canada to the northern United States. North American porcupine and fisher (animal) are fauna of the Great Lakes region (North America).

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Golden eagle

The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is a bird of prey living in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Great American Interchange

The Great American Biotic Interchange (commonly abbreviated as GABI), also known as the Great American Interchange and the Great American Faunal Interchange, was an important late Cenozoic paleozoogeographic biotic interchange event in which land and freshwater fauna migrated from North America to South America via Central America and vice versa, as the volcanic Isthmus of Panama rose up from the sea floor and bridged the formerly separated continents.

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Great Basin

The Great Basin (Gran Cuenca) is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets to the ocean, in North America.

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Great horned owl

The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), also known as the tiger owl (originally derived from early naturalists' description as the "winged tiger" or "tiger of the air") or the hoot owl, is a large owl native to the Americas.

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Hibernation

Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.

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Hystricomorpha

Hystricomorpha (from Greek ὕστριξ, hystrix 'porcupine' and Greek μορφή, morphē 'form') is a term referring to families and orders of rodents which has had many definitions throughout its history.

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Irvingtonian

The Irvingtonian North American Land Mammal Age on the geologic timescale is the North American faunal stage according to the North American Land Mammal Ages chronology (NALMA), spanning from 1.8 million – 250,000 years BP.

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Isthmus of Panama

The Isthmus of Panama (Istmo de Panamá), also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien (Istmo de Darién), is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America.

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Lakota language

Lakota (Lakȟótiyapi), also referred to as Lakhota, Teton or Teton Sioux, is a Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people of the Sioux tribes.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Least-concern species

A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Mustelidae

The Mustelidae (from Latin, weasel) are a diverse family of carnivoran mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, polecats, martens, grisons, and wolverines.

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NatureServe

NatureServe, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Arlington County, Virginia, US, that provides proprietary wildlife conservation-related data, tools, and services to private and government clients, partner organizations, and the public.

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New World porcupine

The New World porcupines, family Erethizontidae, are large arboreal rodents, distinguished by their spiny coverings from which they take their name. North American porcupine and New World porcupine are Erethizontidae.

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North American beaver

The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) is one of two extant beaver species, along with the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber). North American porcupine and North American beaver are fauna of the Rocky Mountains, rodents of Canada and rodents of the United States.

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Oceanic dispersal

Oceanic dispersal is a type of biological dispersal that occurs when terrestrial organisms transfer from one land mass to another by way of a sea crossing.

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Pest (organism)

A pest is any organism harmful to humans or human concerns.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Prehensile-tailed porcupine

The prehensile-tailed porcupines or coendous (genus Coendou) are found in Central and South America.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Roadkill

Roadkill is a wild animal that has been killed by collision with motor vehicles.

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Rodent

Rodents (from Latin rodere, 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

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Sangamonian

The Sangamonian Stage (or Sangamon interglacial) is the term used in North America to designate the Last Interglacial (130,000-115,000 years ago) and depending on definition, part of the early Last Glacial Period, corresponding to Marine Isotope Stage 5 (~130-80,000 years ago).

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Skunk

Skunks are mammals in the family Mephitidae.

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Snowshoe hare

The snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), also called the varying hare or snowshoe rabbit, is a species of hare found in North America. North American porcupine and snowshoe hare are fauna of the Great Lakes region (North America) and fauna of the Western United States.

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Taiga

Taiga (p), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches.

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Tail

The tail is the section at the rear end of certain kinds of animals' bodies; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso.

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Tertiary

Tertiary is an obsolete term for the geologic period from 66 million to 2.6 million years ago.

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Tundra

In physical geography, tundra is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Wolf

The wolf (Canis lupus;: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. North American porcupine and wolf are extant Middle Pleistocene first appearances and mammals described in 1758.

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Wolverine

The wolverine (Gulo gulo), also called the carcajou or quickhatch (from East Cree, kwiihkwahaacheew), is the largest land-dwelling member of the family Mustelidae. North American porcupine and wolverine are mammals described in 1758.

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10th edition of Systema Naturae

The 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Latin; the English title is A General System of Nature) is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_porcupine

Also known as American porcupine, Canada porcupine, Canadian Porcupine, Common Porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum.

, Skunk, Snowshoe hare, Taiga, Tail, Tertiary, Tundra, West Virginia, Wolf, Wolverine, 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

North American porcupine, the Glossary

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See also

Erethizontidae

Extant Middle Pleistocene first appearances

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