Atherurus macrourus (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Hystricidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1542-1544 : 1542

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scientific name	Atherurus macrourus (Linnaeus 1758)
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[Hystrix] macrourus Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 57.

Type Locality: "Habitat in Asia", restricted to Malaysia, Malacca by Lyon (1907:584).

Vernacular Names: Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine.

Synonyms: Atherurus angustiramus Mohr 1964 ; Atherurus assamensis Thomas 1921 ; Atherurus hainanus Allen 1906 ; Atherurus pemangilis Robinson 1912 ; Atherurus retardatus Mohr 1964 ; Atherurus stevensi Thomas 1925 ; Atherurus terutaus Lyon 1907 ; Atherurus tionis Thomas 1908 ; Atherurus zygomatica Miller 1903 .

Distribution: E Assam ( India), Szeechwas, Yunnan, Hupei, and Hainan ( China) to Malaya, Sumatra, and adjacent islands, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Burma.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered as A. m. assamensis , otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Includes angustiramus , assamensis , hainanus , retardatus , stevensi , terutaus , tionis , and zygomatica ( Van Weers, 1977) .