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Home Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Mammalia Order Rodentia Suborder Hystricomorpha Family Erethizontidae

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mountain beaver Aplodontia rufa woodchuck Marmota monax North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatum Gambian rat Cricetomys gambianus	mountain beaver Aplodontia rufa woodchuck Marmota monax North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatum Gambian rat Cricetomys gambianus	mountain beaver Aplodontia rufa woodchuck Marmota monax North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatum Gambian rat Cricetomys gambianus
mountain beaver Aplodontia rufa woodchuck Marmota monax North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatum Gambian rat Cricetomys gambianus	Brazilian porcupine Coendou prehensilis	Brazilian porcupine Coendou prehensilis
Brazilian porcupine Coendou prehensilis	Brazilian porcupine Coendou prehensilis	Brazilian porcupine Coendou prehensilis
Brazilian porcupine Coendou prehensilis	lowland paca Cuniculus paca capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatum	lowland paca Cuniculus paca capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatum speckled tree rat Echimys semivillosus O'Connell's spiny rat Proechimys oconnelli Brazilian guinea pig Cavia aperea Central American agouti Dasyprocta punctata coypu Myocastor coypus degu Octodon degus chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera Conover's tuco-tuco Ctenomys conoveri Indian crested porcupine Hystrix indica
North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatum	North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatum	North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatum

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Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2008. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed November 23, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.org.

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