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Hystrix
Linnaeus, 1758
- short-tailed porcupines
(mammal)
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Entity:
Hystricinae (Subfamily)
..†Miohystrix (Genus)
..†Xenohystrix (Genus)
..Hystrix (Genus) - short-tailed porcupines
....Acanthion (Subgenus)
....Hystrix (Subgenus)
....†Hystrix primigenia (Species)
....†Hystrix trofimovi (Species)
....†Hystrix vinogradovi (Species)
....Thecurus (Subgenus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank
:
Linnaeus, C. 1735.
Syst. Nat.
[ed. 1]
: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 56.
Types
Type of
:
Hystricinae
(Subfamily)
Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Hystrix
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Hystrix
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Including
:
Acanthion
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1823
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Including
:
Thecurus
(Genus)
Lyon, 1907
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
echte stekelvarkens
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
short-tailed porcupines
:
Old World porcupines
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