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Noun Concept
Categories: Mammals of Canada, Mammals described in 1758, Rodents of North America, IUCN Red List least concern species, Fauna of the Western United States
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Canada porcupine  Erethizon dorsatum  North American porcupine  Canadian porcupine  American porcupine
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Porcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur; often gnaws buildings for salt and grease WordNet 3.0
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Porcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur; often gnaws buildings for salt and grease WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The North American porcupine, also known as the Canadian porcupine, is a large quill-covered rodent in the New World porcupine family. Wikipedia
Species of mammal Wikidata
A North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum). Wiktionary
IS A
New World porcupine
taxonomic group
PART OF
Erethizon
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
IUCN CONSERVATION STATUS
Least Concern
PARENT TAXON
Erethizon
TAXON RANK
species
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Canada porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum
Wikipedia
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North American porcupine
Wikidata
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North American porcupine
Wiktionary
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Canadian porcupine
Wikipedia Redirections
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American porcupine, Canada porcupine, Canadian porcupine, common porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum, North American Porcupine
Wikidata Alias
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Erethizon dorsata, Erethizon dorsatum

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