RODENTIA: ERETHIZONTIDAE 631 



Erethizon dorsatum dorsatum (Linnaeus) * 



1758. [Hystrix] dorsata Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 57. 



1822. E[rethizon] dorsatum F. Cuvier, Mem Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, vol. 9, 

 p. 432. 



1884. Erethrizon [sic] dorsatus dorsatus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 

 ( App., Circ. 29) , p. 600, Nov. 29, 1884. 



1912. Erethizon dorsatum dorsatum Miller, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 79, p. 289, 

 Dec. 31, 1912. 



Type Locality. — Eastern Canada [ — Province of Quebec]. Range. — Eastern 

 Canada, from Nova Scotia and Gaspe to Manitoba and northern Saskatchewan; 

 intergrading with myops in color in southern Yukon, and with myops in skull 

 characters in Wood Buffalo National Park, northern Alberta, Canada (Anderson 

 and Rand, Canadian, Journ. Res., Ottawa, vol. 21, sect. D. p. 300, Sept. 6, 

 1943. See also Soper, Journ. Marara., vol. 27, No. 2, p. 149, May 14, 1946, and 

 vol. 29, No. 1, p. 61, Feb. 13, 1948) ; southward through Northeastern States to 

 West Virginia (Kellogg, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 84, p. 471, Oct. 7, 1937) ; 

 recorded from northeastern and northwestern Ohio (Bole and Moulthrop, Sci. 

 Publ. Cleveland Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, No. 6, p. 173, Sept. 11, 1942) ; Upper 

 and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan (Burt, Mammals of Michigan, p. 238, 1946) ; 

 southern Wisconsin (Schorger, Journ. Mamm., vol. 23, No. 1, p. 97, Feb. 14, 

 1941); and Minnesota (Swanson, Minnesota Dept. Conserv. Techn. Bull. 2, 

 p. 95, 1945). 



Erethizon dorsatum picinum Bangs* 



1900. Erethizon dorsatus picinus Bangs, Proc. NeAV England Zool. Club, vol. 2, 



p. 37, Sept. 20, 1900. 

 1912. Erethizon dorsatum picinum Miller, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 79, p. 289, 



Dec. 31, 1912. 

 1937. Erethizon epixanthum doani H. H. Bailey, Bailey Mus. and Library 

 Nat. Hist. Bull. 12, Miami, p. [1], Jan. 15, 1937. (Timber, 15 miles north- 

 west of Red Bay, Labrador.) 

 Type Locality. — L'Anse au Loup, Strait of Belle Isle, Labrador, Canada. 

 Range. — Common and generally distributed in Labrador and northeastern 

 Quebec, from Gulf of St. Lawrence north to semi-barrens; west to Chimo but 

 otherwise its western limits are unknown, though porcupines undoubtedly occur 

 here and there over LIngava Peninsula south of northern limit of trees (Anderson 

 and Rand, Canadian Journ. Res., Ottawa, vol. 21, sect. D, p. 300, Sept. 6, 1943) . 



Erethizon dorsatum myops Merriamf * 



1900. Erethizon epixanthus myops Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 

 vol. 2, p. 27, Mar. 14, 1900. 



1943. Erethizon dorsatum myops Anderson and Rand, Canadian Journ. Res., 

 Ottawa, vol. 21, sect. D, p. 293, Sept. 6, 1943. 



Type Locality. — Portage Bay, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska. Range. — Wooded 

 parts of Alaska from Yukon River (Osgood, North Amer. Fauna No. 19, p. 38, 

 Oct. 6, 1900) southward to base of Alaska Peninsula (Osgood, North Amer. 

 Fauna No. 24, p. 38, Nov. 23, 1904) and eastward at least to Wrangell Island 

 and Le Conte Bay, southeastern Alaska (Webster, Journ. Mamm., vol. 30, No. 1, 



