Hystrix
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 Hystrix drinking water (Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison, Wisconsin) | ||||||||||||
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Hystrix africaeaustralis |
- 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.
Species
- 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
- Hystrix africaeaustralis - Cape Porcupine
- Hystrix cristata - Crested Porcupine
- Hystrix indica - Indian Porcupine
- Subgenus Thecurus
References
- Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9
- Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Hystrix". Image Credit.
