Canadian porcupine
English
Erethizon dorsatum
Alternative forms
- Canada porcupine
Noun
Canadian porcupine (plural Canadian porcupines)
- A North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum).
- 1837, Henry Wolsey Bayfield, Sailing Directions for the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence, page 173:
- There are deer (Caribou), bears, wolves, foxes, martens, otters, beavers, and Canadian porcupines in the interior; most of which are hunted for their skins by the few inhabitants of the coast.
- 1838, Félix de Azara, The Natural History of the Quadrupeds of Paraquay and the River la Plata, page 262:
- The fisher is said to live much on frogs in the summer season; but I have been informed that its favourite food is the Canadian porcupine, which it kills by biting on the belly.
- 1958, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Pennsylvania Game News, volume 29, page 99:
- Canadian porcupines may have coats varying from almost black to grizzled brown or "tweedy" slate.
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Synonyms
- (Erethizon dorsatum): cawquaw, North American porcupine, urson, common porcupine (US, Canada)