Hystricidae, Fischer, 1817

Amr, Zuhair S., Abu, Mohammad A., Qumsiyeh, Mazin & Eid, Ehab, 2018, Systematics, distribution and ecological analysis of rodents in Jordan, Zootaxa 4397 (1), pp. 1-94 : 71

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4397.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5991880
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scientific name	Hystricidae
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Treatment

Family Hystricidae View in CoL

This family includes the Old-World porcupines. The head and neck are covered with a crest of long bristles. The dorsal side is covered with spines of various sizes. Porcupines are nocturnal animals that feed entirely on roots, bulbs and other cultivated crops (Wilson et al., 2016).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Hystricidae

Specimens

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