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North American Porcupine

Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus 1758)

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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actual evapotranspiration rate in geographic range

Pantheria

363.45 millimeters per month

(mean)

age at eye opening

Pantheria

0 days

(average)

animal population density

Pantheria

3.49 individuals per square kilometer

(average)

behavioral circadian rhythm

Pantheria
nocturnal
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q309179

Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the night and sleeping during the day

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body length

Pantheria

837.5 mm

(adult, average)

body mass

Pantheria

490.59 g

(newborn animal, average)
Pantheria

7419.46 g

(adult, average)

clutch/brood/litter size

Pantheria

1

(average)

conservation status

IUCN
least concern
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/leastConcern

Definition: A taxon is Least Concern when it has been evaluated against the criteria and does not qualify for Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable or Near Threatened. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Attribution: http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria

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diet breadth

Pantheria

6

dispersal age

Pantheria

1048.39 days

(average)

ecoregion

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Wildfinder (WWF)
Nebraska Sand Hills Mixed Grasslands
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Nebraska_Sand_Hills_mixed_grasslands

Attribution: https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/na0809

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Wildfinder (WWF)
Arizona Mountains Forests
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Arizona_Mountains_forests

Attribution: https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/na0503

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Wildfinder (WWF)
Copper Plateau Taiga
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Copper_Plateau_taiga

Attribution: http://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/NA0604

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Wildfinder (WWF)
California Montane Chaparral And Woodlands
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/California_montane_chaparral_and_woodlands

Attribution: https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/na1203

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Wildfinder (WWF)
Interior Yukon-Alaska Alpine Tundra
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Interior_Yukon-Alaska_alpine_tundra

Attribution: http://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/NA1111

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geographic distribution

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United States Species List
United States
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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Wildfinder (WWF)
The Nearctic
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742

Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface

Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg

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North Pacific Species List
North Pacific
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1908

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North Atlantic Species List
North Atlantic
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1912

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Mexico Species List
Mexico
URI: http://www.geonames.org/3996063

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geographic range (size of area)

Pantheria

11016215.61 km^2

gestation period duration

Pantheria

210.99 days

(average)

habitat

IUCN
terrestrial
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446

Definition: A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.

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Pantheria
arboreal habitat
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000571

Definition: A habitat in or on trees.

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habitat breadth

Pantheria

2

home range

Pantheria

0.11 km^2

(average)
Pantheria

0.1 km^2

(average)

human population density

Pantheria

0 individuals per square kilometer

(min)
Pantheria

9.140000000000001 individuals per square kilometer

(mean)
Pantheria

0 individuals per square kilometer

(5th percentile)

human population density change

Pantheria

0.05

(mean)

latitude

Pantheria

28.71 degrees

(min)
Pantheria

49.77 degrees

(median)
Pantheria

70.83 degrees

(max)

life span

Pantheria

216 months

(max)

longitude

Pantheria

-108.02 degrees

(median)
Pantheria

-160.44 degrees

(min)
Pantheria

-55.61 degrees

(max)

onset of fertility

Pantheria

772.5700000000001 days

(average)

population trend

IUCN

Stable

potential evapotranspiration rate in geographic range

Pantheria

536.4299999999999 millimeters per month

(mean)

precipitation in geographic range

Pantheria

44.71 millimeters per month

(mean)

sexual system

Fairbairn 2013
dioecious
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681

Definition: a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.

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social group size

Pantheria

1

(average)

teat number

Pantheria

4

(average)

temperature in geographic range

Pantheria

0.9029999999999999 0.1°c

(mean)

trophic guild

Pantheria
herbivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099

Definition: animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material

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Kissling et al, 2014
herbivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099

Definition: animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material

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weaning age

Pantheria

16.27 days

(average)