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Hystrix (Thecurus)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Hystrix (Thecurus) Lyon
2005Hystrix (Thecurus) Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
familyHystricidaeFischer de Waldheim 1817
genusHystrix
subgenusThecurusLyon 1907

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available