Thick-spined porcupine
| Thick-spined porcupine |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Mammalia |
| Order: |
Rodentia |
| Family: |
Hystricidae |
| Genus: |
Hystrix |
| Subgenus: |
Thecurus |
| Species: |
H. crassispinis |
| Binomial name |
Hystrix crassispinis
(Günther, 1877) |
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The thick-spined porcupine (Hystrix crassispinis) is a species of rodent in the Hystricidae family. It is endemic to the island of Borneo and found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
References
- ↑ Helgen, K. & Lunde, D. (2008). Hystrix crassispinis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- 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 0801882214
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| | | | Hystrix |
- Subgenus Acanthion: Malayan Porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)
- Sunda Porcupine (Hystrix javanica)
- Subgenus Thecurus: Thick-spined Porcupine (Hystrix crassispinis)
- Philippine Porcupine (Hystrix pumila)
- Sumatran Porcupine (Hystrix sumatrae)
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| | Atherurus |
- African Brush-tailed Porcupine (Atherurus africanus)
- Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine (Atherurus macrourus)
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| | Trichys |
- Long-tailed Porcupine (Trichys fasciculata)
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