Hystrix

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Hystrix
Fossil range: Early Miocene - Recent

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Hystricidae
Subfamily: Hystricinae
Genus: Hystrix
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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

Hystrix is also a synonym for the plant genus Elymus L.

Hystrix is a genus of porcupine that contains what are the best known and most distinctive of the Old World porcupines.

  • Genus Hystrix
    • Subgenus Thecurus
      • Hystrix crassispinis - Thick-spined Porcupine
      • Hystrix pumila - Philippine Porcupine
      • Hystrix sumatrae - Sumatran Porcupine
    • Subgenus Acanthion
      • Hystrix brachyura - Malayan Porcupine
      • Hystrix javanica - Sunda Porcupine
    • Subgenus Hystrix

  • Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9
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