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Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura bengalensis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae

Taxonomy

Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura bengalensis was named by Blyth (1851). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

H. afrucaseaustralis, H. indica, H. leucurus, H. major, H. makapanensis, H. refossa, H. subcristata, H. suevica, H. makapanensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1851	Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura bengalensis Blyth
2005	Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura bengalensis Wilson and Reeder

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
—	Ctenohystrica	Huchon et al. 2000
infraorder	Hystricognathi	(Tullberg 1899)
family	Hystricidae	Fischer de Waldheim 1817
genus	Hystrix
subgenus	Acanthion	(Cuvier 1823)
species	brachyura	(Linnaeus 1758)
subspecies	bengalensis	Blyth 1851

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 (Acanthion) brachyura bengalensis Blyth 1851

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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

Collections

No collection or age range data are available