Acanthion
Subgenus of rodents
| Acanthion | |
|---|---|
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| Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Hystricidae |
| Genus: | Hystrix |
| Subgenus: | Acanthion F. Cuvier, 1823 |
Acanthion is a subgenus of Old World porcupines in the genus Hystrix. It contains two species, H. javanica and H. brachyura, the smaller species with comparatively smaller nasals. The extant species have only one black ring or coloured part on the quills.[1]
Included taxa
- Hystrix (Acanthion) javanica F. Cuvier, 1823 – Sunda porcupine
- Hystrix (A.) brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 – Malayan porcupine
- Hystrix (A.) b. brachyura Linnaeus, 1758
- Hystrix (A.) b. hodgsoni Gray, 1847
- Hystrix (A.) b. subcristata Swinhoe, 1870
- Hystrix (A.) b. punungensis subsp. nov.
References
- ^ a b Van Weers, D. J. (2005). A taxonomic revision of the Pleistocene Hystrix (Hystricidae, Rodentia) from Eurasia with notes on the evolution of the family. Archived 2015-01-21 at the Wayback Machine Contributions to Zoology 74(3/4), 301-12.
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Extant species of family Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Suborder: Hystricomorpha
- Infraorder: Hystricognathi
- African brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus africanus)
- Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus macrourus)
- Subgenus Acanthion: Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)
- Sunda porcupine (Hystrix javanica)
- Subgenus Hystrix: Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis)
- crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata)
- Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica)
- Subgenus Thecurus: Thick-spined porcupine (Hystrix crassispinis)
- Philippine porcupine (Hystrix pumila)
- Sumatran porcupine (Hystrix sumatrae)
- Long-tailed porcupine (Trichys fasciculata)
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