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Acanthion brachyurus (Malayan porcupine)
Taxonomy
Hystrix brachyura was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Acanthion brachyura by Cuvier (1823); it was recombined as Acanthion brachyurus by Thomas (1911); it was recombined as Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was recombined as Acanthion brachyura by Cuvier (1823); it was recombined as Acanthion brachyurus by Thomas (1911); it was recombined as Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Hystrix brachyura Linnaeus p. 57 |
| 1823 | Acanthion brachyura Cuvier pp. 425, 431 |
| 1911 | Acanthion brachyurus Thomas p. 145 |
| 2005 | Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura Wilson and Reeder |
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Acanthion brachyurus Linnaeus 1758 [Malayan porcupine]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Pleistocene | Malaysia (Perak) | Hystrix brachyura (235742) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Laos (Hua Pan) | Hystrix brachyura (235746) | |
| Holocene | Indonesia (Java) | Acanthion brachyurus (13738) |