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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
Cranium	95.891	62.453	38.379
Mandible Right	70.976	16.091	37.613
Mandible Left	74.661	15.643	36.366
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	101.715	91.206	71.811
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	101.715	91.206	71.811

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.