cercolabidæ

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. The American or arboricole porcupines considered as a family of rodents, including the North American tree-porcupines of the genus Erethizon, as well as the prehensile-tailed Cercolabinæ. See cut under porcupine. Also called Synetherina (Gervais, 1852).