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Common Name

North American Porcupine

Specimen Numbers

IMNH R-386

Species

Species: dorsatum

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Rodentia Suborder: Hystricognatha Family: Erethizontidae Genus: Erethizon Species: dorsatum 43

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Scapula	41.507	20.443	61.779
Humerus	82.406	22.494	24.425
Ulna	89.712	12.711	14.125
Radius	74.454	16.49	10.877
Distal Carpal 1 -Trapezium	32.185	27.309	13.142

Specimen Elements

City

Pocatello, Idaho USA

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

Jim Merrick

Collection

Marie Hopkins Comparative Osteology Collection

Sex

Male

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

Idaho Museum of Natural History

Repositing City: Pocatello, Idaho USA

Cause Of Death

Unknown

Elements

Comments

The Skull is damaged.