Classification of the genus Hystrix
G. Hystrix Linnaeus 1758 [porcupine]
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Subg. Hystrix (Acanthion) Cuvier 1823
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Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura Linnaeus 1758 [Malayan porcupine]
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Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura bengalensis Blyth 1851
Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura hodgsoni Gray 1847
Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subcristata Swinhoe 1870
Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura yunnanensis Anderson 1878
Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura brachyura Linnaeus 1758
Hystrix (Acanthion) javanica Cuvier 1823 [Sunda porcupine]
Subg. †Hystrix (Hystricops) Leidy 1858
Subg. Hystrix (Hystrix) Linnaeus 1758
Subg. Hystrix (Thecurus) Lyon 1907
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Hystrix (Thecurus) crassispinis Günther 1876 [Thick-spined porcupine]
Hystrix (Thecurus) pumila Günther 1879 [Phillipine porcupine]
Hystrix (Thecurus) sumatrae Lyon 1907 [Sumatran porcupine]
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 [Cape porcupine]
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Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis zuluensis Roberts 1936
†Hystrix angressi Frenkel 1971
†Hystrix arayanensis Sen 2001
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758 [crested porcupine]
†Hystrix depereti Sen 2001
†Hystrix kayae Halaçlar et al. 2023
†Hystrix primigenia Wagner 1848