Bibliography and Print Resources

Porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum

Burt, W. H., and R. P. Grossenheider. 1976. A field guide to the mammals, 3d ed. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. 289 pp.

Clark, J. P. 1986. Vertebrate pest control handbook. California Dep. Food and Agric. Sacramento. 615 pp.

Dodge, W. E. 1982. Porcupine. Pages 355-366 in J. A. Chapman and G. A. Feldhamer, eds. Wild mammals of North America: biology, management, and economics. The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. Baltimore.

Marsh, R. E., and W. E. Howard. 1977. Vertebrate control manual. Pest Control 45:28-31.

Murie, O. J. 1954. A field guide to animal tracks. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. 375 pp.

Roze, V. 1989. The North American porcupine. Smithsonian Press, Washington, DC. 261 pp.

Spencer, D. A. 1948. An electric fence for use in checking porcupine and other mammalian crop depredations. J. Wildl. Manage. 12:110-111.

Woods, C. A. 1978. Erethizon dorsatum. Mammal. Sp. 29:1-6.

Images and Illustrations

Figure 1 by Emily Oseas Routman.

Figure 2 adapted from Burt and Grossenheider (1976) by Jill Sack Johnson.

Figure 3 adapted from Murie (1954) by Renee Lanik, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Contact Information

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Acknowledgments

Some of the information for this chapter was taken from a chapter by Major L. Boddicker in the 1980 edition of Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage.

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