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Hystrix cristata (crested porcupine)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae

Taxonomy
Hystrix cristata was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Hystrix cristata Linnaeus p. 56
1911Hystrix cristata Thomas p. 144

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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
speciescristata

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.

Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758 [crested porcupine]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:43:23
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:43:23
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia Hystrix sp. (21754)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Morocco Hystrix cristata (22489 34329 34331)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Djibouti Hystrix cristata (22487)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Sudan Hystrix cristata (21870)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Morocco Hystrix cristata (21857 21859)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Hystrix cristata (34287 34330 42866)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Hystrix cristata (21692)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Hystrix cristata (21871 21902 21903 21904 21958 208786 208787)