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]
| Hystrix Temporal range: Early Miocene - Recent
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| Hystrix indica (Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison, Wisconsin) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Hystricidae |
| Genus: | Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758
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Hystrix africaeaustralis | |
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| Distribution of Old World porcupines | |
Hystrix (from Ancient Greek ὕστριξ (hústrix, “porcupine”) was given name by the 18th-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.
Species
edit- Genus Hystrix
- Subgenus Hystrix
- Hystrix africaeaustralis - Cape porcupine
- Hystrix cristata - African crested porcupine
- Hystrix indica - Indian crested porcupine
- Subgenus Acanthion
- Hystrix brachyura - Malayan porcupine or Himalayan crestless porcupine
- Hystrix javanica - Sunda porcupine
- Subgenus Thecurus
- Hystrix crassispinis - thick-spined porcupine
- Hystrix pumila - Philippine porcupine
- Hystrix sumatrae - Sumatran porcupine
- Subgenus Hystrix
Fossil species
edit- †Hystrix arayanensis - Late Miocene
- †Hystrix depereti - Pliocene
- †Hystrix paukensis - Late Miocene-Pliocene
- †Hystrix primigenia - Late Miocene-Pliocene
- †Hystrix refossa - Pleistocene
- †Hystrix suevica - Late Miocene
References
edit- ^ Barthelmess, E.L. (2006). "Hystix africaeaustralis". Mammalian Species (788): 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. (eds.), 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
