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Marten (Martes americana), beaver (Castor canadensis), porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), bobcat (Lynx rufus), and rabbit are common in the Appalachian regions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Canadian forests] Reference

Porcupine (Erethizon sp.) — A porcupine jaw reported from Pueblo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico :] Reference

Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum 230, 243, 280.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference

Erethizon dorsatum.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Panda's Thumb: Matt Young Archives] Reference

Erethizon dorsatum - The Panda's Thumb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Erethizon dorsatum - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Erethizon dorsatum – North American porcupine, Schoodic Peninsula, Acadia National Park, Maine, June, 2006.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Panda's Thumb: Matt Young Archives] Reference

A list of the more common rodents would include: the Texas jackrabbit (Lepus californicus texianus), Colorado cottontail (Sylvilagus auduboni warreni), Rocky Mountain cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttalli pinetus), chipmunks (Eutamias), at least four species of squirrels (Sciurus, Citellus, and Ammospermophilus), the Zuñi prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni zuniensis), about a dozen kinds of mice, six species of rats, an occasional porcupine (Erethizon), the golden pocket.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico :] Reference