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North American porcupine en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A species of New World porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum.
   • North American Porcupines are widely distributed across North America, except on islands and in Arctic or alpine tundra, dry desert are as without trees, and intensively farmed lands that lack woodlots. 2012, Donna Naughton, The Natural History of Canadian Mammals, page 212:
   • The North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is the largest species in the family, usually weighing less than 7 kg (15.4 pounds) though males occasionally grow significantly larger. 2011, John P. Rafferty, editor, Rats, Bats, and Xenarthrans, page 113:
   • North American porcupines, as well as a range of other Hystricomorph rodents, engage in urine showering as part of courtship and other behaviors. 2012, Uldis Roze, Porcupines: The Animal Answer Guide, unnumbered page:
   • It is, however, different from the North American porcupine, which is a rodent but is a member of the family of Erethizontidae, which is not represented in South America. 1988, Claude Lévi-Strauss, The Jealous Potter, page 108:

Forms

Synonyms

Canadian porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) · cawquaw (Erethizon dorsatum) · urson (Erethizon dorsatum) · common porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)

Translations (2)

ru североамерика́нский дикобра́з (Erethizon dorsatum) · fi urso (Erethizon dorsatum)