Summary description from Wikipedia:

Erethizon dorsatum in languages:

Arabic

شيهم أمريكا الشمالية

Bokmål

Nordamerikansk Trepiggsvin

Bokmål

Nordamerikansk Trepinnsvin

Czech

urzon kanadský

Dutch

Noord-Amerikaans Boomstekelvarken

English

Common Porcupine

English

Porcupine

English

North American Porcupine

English

Canadian Porcupine

English

American Porcupine

Finnish

urso

French

Porc-épic d'Amérique

French

Porc-épic nord-américain

French

Porc-épic américain

German

Baumstachelschwein

German

Nordamerikanischer Baumstachler

German

Urson

Hungarian

észak-amerikai kúszósül

Modern Greek

Αμερικανικός Ακανθόχοιρος

Polish

urson amerykański

Portuguese

Porco-espinho-norte-americano

Russian

Североамериканский дикобраз

Russian

поркупин

Russian

иглошерст

Ukrainian

Дикобраз канадський

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Parent Taxon

• Erethizon

Sibling Taxa

• Erethizon dorsatum

Child Taxa

• Erethizon dorsatum dorsatum
• Erethizon dorsatum epixanthum

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