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    The New World porcupines, family Erethizontidae, are large arboreal rodents, distinguished by their spiny coverings from which they take their name. They...
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    the family Hystricidae, and the New World porcupines of the family Erethizontidae. Both families belong to the infraorder Hystricognathi within the profoundly...
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    2013). "Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae): Implications for Taxonomy, Morphological Evolution, and Biogeography"...
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    closely related to the Erethizontidae than to the Echimyidae, although it branches as the sister group to the rest of the Erethizontidae. The phylogenetic...
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    exchange, a small number of species such as the New World porcupines (Erethizontidae) headed north. However, the main southward invasion of sigmodontines...
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    quichua) or Quichua porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in the Andes of northern Ecuador and Colombia as well as...
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    porcupine (Coendou mexicanus) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama...
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    bicolor) is a species of nocturnal and arboreal rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The head and body...
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    relatives, including some of megafaunal size) Echimyidae (spiny rats) Erethizontidae (New World porcupines) Myocastoridae (coypu) Octodontidae (13 species...
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    Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Erethizontidae Genus: Coendou Species: C. prehensilis Binomial name Coendou prehensilis...
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