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Hystrix africaeaustralis (Cape porcupine)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae

Taxonomy
Hystrix africaeaustralis was named by Peters (1852). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis by Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters p. 170
2005Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis Wilson and Reeder
2007Hystrix africaeaustralis Dunn and Rasmussen p. 1002

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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
genusHystrix
speciesafricaeaustralisPeters 1852

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 africaeaustralis Peters 1852 [Cape porcupine]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available