Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Alternative combination: Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis
Belongs to Hystrix according to Peters 1852
See also Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Hystrix (Acanthion), Hystrix (Hystricops), Hystrix (Hystrix), Hystrix (Thecurus), Hystrix angressi, Hystrix arayanensis, Hystrix cristata, Hystrix depereti, Hystrix kayae, Hystrix primigenia
Subtaxa: Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis africaeaustralis Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis zuluensis
Ecology: semifossorial herbivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (3 collections), Kenya (2), Libya (1), South Africa (34), Swaziland (2), Tanzania (1), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (3)
• Pliocene of South Africa (2)
Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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