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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
Measurements
partNmean

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: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Hystrix africaeaustralis (22355 22356)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774South Africa Hystrix africaeaustralis (21791)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa Hystrix africaeaustralis (207105)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Hystrix africaeaustralis (22334)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Hystrix africaeaustralis (21824)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa (Orange Free) Hystrix africaeaustralis (21867)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Hystrix africaeaustralis (21695 21823 21825 21828 21829 21915 21916 21929 21956 115191 115205)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Egypt Hystrix africaeaustralis (21883)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Libya Hystrix africaeaustralis (21884)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Hystrix africaeaustralis (21948 21949 21950 21951 21952)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Hystrix africaeaustralis (21924)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Hystrix africaeaustralis (21822 21923)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Hystrix africaeaustralis (21893)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Hystrix africaeaustralis (32124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Hystrix africaeaustralis (96974)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Hystrix africaeaustralis (115167)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Hystrix africaeaustralis (32138)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Africa Hystrix africaeaustralis (21922)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Swaziland Hystrix africaeaustralis (21927 21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt Hystrix africaeaustralis (21880 21882)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Hystrix africaeaustralis (21860 21897 21911 21912 21943)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Hystrix africaeaustralis (21866 21917 21918 21921 96973)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Hystrix africaeaustralis (21693)