Hystrix (porcupine)

Hystrix Temporal range: Early Miocene - Recent
Porcupine 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 a genus of porcupines containing most 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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• 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