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; Erethizontinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Erethizon dorsatum - sole extant species

References

Erethizon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Erethizon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Erethizon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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