Spygurus Gray 1825 (porcupine)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1825. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:337-344

Parent taxon: Histricidae according to J. E. Gray 1825

Sister taxa: Atherurus, Hystrix, Sivacanthion, Trichys, Xenohystrix

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-frugivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Spygurus in the database

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