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Atherurus (brush-tailed porcupine)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae

Taxonomy
Atherurus was named by Cuvier (1829). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hystricidae by Palmer (1904).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Atherurus Cuvier
1904Atherurus Palmer p. 849

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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
genusAtherurusCuvier 1829

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.

G. Atherurus Cuvier 1829 [brush-tailed porcupine]
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Atherurus macrourus Linnaeus 1758 [Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:26:04
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Atherurus indet. (22139)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Hunan) Atherurus sp. (36819)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Atherurus sp. (214689)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Vietnam (Lang Son) Atherurus sp. (92781)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Atherurus macrourus (92787)