Hystrix Temporal range: Early Miocene - Recent |
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Hystrix drinking water (Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison, Wisconsin) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Hystricidae |
Genus: | Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 |
Species | |
Hystrix africaeaustralis |
Hystrix is a genus of porcupine that contains what are the best known and most distinctive of the Old World porcupines.
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