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Hystrix brachyura Linnaeus 1758

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Hystrix brachyura Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:57.

TYPE LOCALITY: Malaysia, Malacca.

DISTRIBUTION: Nepal, Sikkim and Assam (India), C and S China, Burma, Thailand, Indochina, Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Malay Islands of Pinang, Singapore.

SYNONYMS: alophus, bengalensis, grotei, hodgsoni, klossi, longicauda, millsi, millleri, papae, subcristata, yunnanensis.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Acanthion (Van Weers, 1979:233); also see Lekagul and McNeely (1988:492).

Notes

Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 773, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083

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Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Hystricidae
Genus
Hystrix
Species
brachyura
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hystrix brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Woods, 1993

References

  • van Weers, D. J. 1979. Notes on southeast Asian porcupines (Hystricidae, Rodentia) IV. On the taxonomy of the subgenus Acanthion F. Cuvier. Beaufortia, 29 (356): 215 - 272.
  • Lekagul, B., and J. A. McNeely. 1988. Mammals of Thailand. Second ed. Darnsutha Press. Bangkok. 758 pp.