Hystrix (porcupine)
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| Hystrix Temporal range: Early Miocene - Recent
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Hystrix
Linnaeus, 1758
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Hystrix africaeaustralis |
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Hystrix is a genus of porcupines containing most of the Old World porcupines. Fossils belonging to the genus date back to the late Miocene of Africa.[1]
Species
- Genus Hystrix
- Subgenus Thecurus
- Hystrix crassispinis - Thick-spined porcupine
- Hystrix pumila - Philippine porcupine
- Hystrix sumatrae - Sumatran porcupine
- Subgenus Acanthion
- Hystrix brachyura - Malayan porcupine or Himalayan crestless porcupine
- Hystrix javanica - Sunda porcupine
- Subgenus Hystrix
- Hystrix africaeaustralis - Cape porcupine
- Hystrix cristata - Crested porcupine
- Hystrix indica - Indian porcupine
- Subgenus Thecurus
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- Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9
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