Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Hystrix according to O. Thomas 1911
See also Linnaeus 1758
Sister taxa: Hystrix (Acanthion), Hystrix (Hystricops), Hystrix (Hystrix), Hystrix (Thecurus), Hystrix africaeaustralis, Hystrix angressi, Hystrix arayanensis, Hystrix depereti, Hystrix kayae, Hystrix primigenia
Ecology: semifossorial herbivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cote D'Ivoire (1 collection), Djibouti (1), Morocco (8), Sudan (8)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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