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Hystrix (porcupine)
Taxonomy
Hystrix was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was assigned to Glires by Linnaeus (1758); to Aculeata by Illiger (1811); to Histricidae by Gray (1825); and to Hystricidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Sen (2001), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Halaçlar et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Glires by Linnaeus (1758); to Aculeata by Illiger (1811); to Histricidae by Gray (1825); and to Hystricidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Sen (2001), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Halaçlar et al. (2023).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Hystrix Linnaeus p. 56 |
1811 | Hystrix Illiger p. 90 |
1825 | Histrix Gray p. 341 |
1997 | Hystrix McKenna and Bell |
2001 | Hystrix Sen |
2005 | Hystrix Wilson and Reeder |
2023 | Hystrix Halaçlar et al. p. 3 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Hystrix Linnaeus 1758 [porcupine]
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Subg. Hystrix (Acanthion) Cuvier 1823
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Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura Linnaeus 1758 [Malayan porcupine]
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Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura bengalensis Blyth 1851
Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura brachyura Linnaeus 1758
Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subcristata Swinhoe 1870
Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura yunnanensis Anderson 1878
Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura hodgsoni Gray 1847
Hystrix (Acanthion) javanica Cuvier 1823 [Sunda porcupine]
Subg. †Hystrix (Hystricops) Leidy 1858
Subg. Hystrix (Hystrix) Linnaeus 1758
Subg. Hystrix (Thecurus) Lyon 1907
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Hystrix (Thecurus) crassispinis Günther 1876 [Thick-spined porcupine]
Hystrix (Thecurus) pumila Günther 1879 [Phillipine porcupine]
Hystrix (Thecurus) sumatrae Lyon 1907 [Sumatran porcupine]
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 [Cape porcupine]
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Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis zuluensis Roberts 1936
†Hystrix angressi Frenkel 1971
†Hystrix arayanensis Sen 2001
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758 [crested porcupine]
†Hystrix depereti Sen 2001
†Hystrix kayae Halaçlar et al. 2023
†Hystrix primigenia Wagner 1848
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 11 to the top of the Holocene or 8.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.75 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.75 Ma
Collections (217 total)
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Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Tortonian | Moldova | Hystrix bessarabica (75802) Hystrix sp. (75803) | |
Tortonian | China (Yunnan) | Hystrix sp. (11798) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Kenya | Hystrix sp. (22241) | |
Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | Hystrix sp. (22139) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey (Cankiri) | Hystrix kayae (184368) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey (Usak) | Hystrix primigenia (34462) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Algeria | Hystrix sp. (34642) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Attiki) | Hystrix primigenia (195562) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Attica) | Hystrix primigenia (202630) Lamprodon primigenius (182754) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Algeria (Oran) | Hystrix sp. (136913) | |
MN 11 | Austria (Burgenland) | Hystrix suevica (37789) | |
Turolian | Greece (Larissa) | Hystrix primigenia (207134) | |
Turolian | China (Yunnan) | Hystrix sp. (44221 44222 44223 44224) | |
Turolian | Greece (Euboea) | Hystrix primigenia (202213) | |
Turolian | Greece (Samos Island) | Hystrix primigenia (205351) | |
Turolian | Afghanistan | Hystrix sp. (75492) | |
Turolian | Greece (Makedonia Thraki) | Hystrix primigenia (157582) | |
Turolian | Bulgaria | Hystrix primigenia (208569) | |
Turolian | Greece (Macedonia) | Hystrix sp. (32376) | |
Turolian | Spain (Valencia) | Hystrix sp. (40758) |