Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758

Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 771-806 : 773

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Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:56 View Cited Treatment .

TYPE SPECIES: Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL .

SYNONYMS: Acanthion ; Oedocephalus (see Allen, 1939), Thecurus .

COMMENTS: Divided into three subgenera: Acanthion Cuvier, 1823 ; Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 ; and Thecurus Lyon, 1907 (see Van Weers, 1977, 1978, 1979).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Hystricidae

Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758

Charles A. Woods 1993

1993

Hystrix

Linnaeus 1758: 56

1758

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