Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae

Full reference: H. Frenkel. 1971. Hystrix angressi sp. nov. A large fossil porcupine from the Levalloiso-Mousterian of the Guela Cave. Isreal Journal of Zoology 19(1):51-82

Belongs to Hystrix according to H. Frenkel 1971

Sister taxa: Hystrix (Acanthion), Hystrix (Hystricops), Hystrix (Hystrix), Hystrix (Thecurus), Hystrix africaeaustralis, Hystrix arayanensis, Hystrix cristata, Hystrix depereti, Hystrix kayae, Hystrix primigenia

Type specimen: GA-108, a maxilla (pair of dentate maxillaries). Its type locality is Guela Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Israel.

Ecology: semifossorial herbivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Guela Cave

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