Hystrix

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iHystrix Fossil range: Early Miocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Hystricidae Subfamily: Hystricinae Genus: Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Hystrix africaeaustralis Hystrix brachyura Hystrix crassispinis Hystrix cristata Hystrix indica Hystrix javanica Hystrix pumila Hystrix sumatrae

Hystrix is also a synonym for the plant genus Elymus L.

Hystrix is a genus of porcupine that contains what are the best known and most distinctive of the Old World porcupines.

[edit] Species

• Genus Hystrix
  • Subgenus Thecurus
    • Hystrix crassispinis - Thick-spined Porcupine
    • Hystrix pumila - Philippine Porcupine
    • Hystrix sumatrae - Sumatran Porcupine
  • Subgenus Acanthion
    • Hystrix brachyura - Malayan Porcupine
    • Hystrix javanica - Sunda Porcupine
  • Subgenus Hystrix
    • Hystrix africaeaustralis - Cape Porcupine
    • Hystrix cristata - Crested Porcupine
    • Hystrix indica - Indian Porcupine

[edit] References

• Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9