Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi Author Charles A. Woods text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 771 806 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353083 1-56098-217-9 7353083 Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:57 . TYPE LOCALITY: E Canada (= Quebec Prov. ) . DISTRIBUTION: C Alaska ( USA ) to S Hudson Bay and Labrador ( Canada ), south to E Tennessee , C Iowa , and C Texas ( USA ), N Coahuila , Chihuahua , and Sonora ( Mexico ), and S California ( USA ). STATUS: Common. SYNONYMS: bruneri, couesi, doani, epixanthus, myops, nigrescens, picinum. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Miller and Kellogg (1955:631) , who restricted the type locality; also see Anderson and Rand (1943) . Includes couesi; (see review by Woods, 1973 , Mammalian Species, 29). There are six subspecies.