Erethizontinae

Erethizontinae
North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Erethizontidae
Subfamily:	Erethizontinae Bonaparte, 1845
Genera
Coendou Erethizon

Erethizontinae is a subfamily of the New World porcupine family Erethizontidae, ^[1] and includes all species of the family with the exception of the bristle-spined rat, Chaetomys subspinosus, which is classified in its own subfamily, Chaetomyinae.

References

1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "SUBFAMILY Erethizontinae". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.