- Hystrix
Taxobox
name = "Hystrix"
fossil_range = EarlyMiocene - Recent
image_caption = Hystrix drinking water (Henry Vilas Zoo ,Madison, Wisconsin )
image_width = 299px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Rodent ia
familia =Hystricidae
genus = "Hystrix"
genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "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 ofporcupine that contains what are the best known and most distinctive of theOld World porcupine s.pecies
*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 PorcupineReferences
*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. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
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