Erethizon
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐρεθίζειν (erethízein, “to irritate”), referring to the animal's barbed quills.
Proper noun
Erethizon n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Erethizontidae – the common porcupine or North American porcupine.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Erethizontidae - family; Lua error in Module:parameters at line 858: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Erethizon dorsatum - sole extant species
References
- Erethizon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Erethizon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Erethizon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons