Hystrix
Temporal range: Early Miocene - Recent
Hystrix indica (Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison, Wisconsin)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Hystricidae
Genus: Hystrix
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Hystrix cristata
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

Hystrix africaeaustralis
Hystrix brachyura
Hystrix crassispinis
Hystrix cristata
Hystrix indica
Hystrix javanica
Hystrix pumila
Hystrix sumatrae

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 (from Ancient Greek ὕστριξ (hústrix, “porcupine”) was given name by the 18th-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.

Species

Fossil species

References

  1. Barthelmess, E.L. (2006). "Hystix africaeaustralis". Mammalian Species (788): 1–7. doi:10.1644/788.1.
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