Atherurus macrourus Linnaeus 1758 (Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae

Alternative combination: Hystrix macroura

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 Atherurus according to O. Thomas 1911

See also Linnaeus 1758

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Huanglong Cave (Quaternary of China)

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