Hystrix (porcupine)

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This article is about Hystrix, a genus of Old World Porcupines. For Hystrix, a diatom, see Hystrix (diatom).
Hystrix
Temporal range: Early Miocene - Recent
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 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[citation needed] 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

References

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  1. ↑ Barthelmess, E.L. (2006). "Hystix africaeaustralis". Mammalian Species: Number 788: pp. 1 – 7. doi:10.1644/788.1. 
  • Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9
  • Woods, C. A.; Kilpatrick, C. W. (2005), "Hystricognathi", in Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1538–1600, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 
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