Local animals in this group:
New World porcupines
Erethizontidae
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mountain beaver
Aplodontia rufa -
woodchuck, groundhog, whistlepig
Marmota monax -
North American porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum -
Gambian rat
Cricetomys gambianus
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mountain beaver
Aplodontia rufa -
woodchuck, groundhog, whistlepig
Marmota monax -
North American porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum -
Gambian rat
Cricetomys gambianus
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mountain beaver
Aplodontia rufa -
woodchuck, groundhog, whistlepig
Marmota monax -
North American porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum -
Gambian rat
Cricetomys gambianus
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mountain beaver
Aplodontia rufa -
woodchuck, groundhog, whistlepig
Marmota monax -
North American porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum -
Gambian rat
Cricetomys gambianus
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North American porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum
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North American porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum
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lowland paca
Cuniculus paca -
capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris -
North American porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum
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North American porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum
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North American porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum
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North American porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum
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North American porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum
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North American porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum
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North American porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum
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North American porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum
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New World mice
Sigmodontinae -
bamboo rats and mole rats
Rhizomyinae -
squirrels
Sciuridae -
spiny rats
Echimyidae -
acuchis and agoutis
Dasyproctidae -
New World porcupines
Erethizontidae
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