| Paruroctonus boreus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Vaejovidae |
| Genus: | Paruroctonus |
| Species: | P. boreus
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| Binomial name | |
| Paruroctonus boreus (Girard, 1854)
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Paruroctonus boreus, commonly known as the northern scorpion,[1][2][3] is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae. It is the northernmost species of scorpion, the only scorpion found in Canada,[3] and one of the scorpions with the broadest distribution over North America.[4][5]
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- ^ "Four new scorpion species belonging to the genus Paruroctonus (Scorpionida: Vaejovidae)". Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences. 94: 1–16. 1972. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22014. ISSN 0068-5461.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Fet, V.; Sissom, W. D.; Lowe, G.; Braunwalder, M. E. (2000). Catalog of the scorpions of the world (1758–1997). New York: Entomological Society.
- ^ Miller, A.L.; Makowsky, R.A.; Formanowicz, D.R.; Prendini, L.; Cox, C.L. (2014). "Cryptic genetic diversity and complex phylogeography of the boreal North American scorpion, Paruroctonus boreus (Vaejovidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 71: 298–307. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.005. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 24269314.