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Hystricidae (porcupine)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Hystricidae Fischer de Waldheim
1821Histricidae Gray p. 304
1825Histricidae Gray p. 341
1850Hystricidae Bonaparte p. 1
1883Hystricidae Flower p. 185
1889Hystricidae Cope p. 876
1891Hystricidae Flower and Lydekker p. 91
1898Hystricidae Gadow p. 43
1902Hystricidae Hay p. 732
1911Hystricidae Jaekel p. 222
1988Hystricidae Carroll
1991Hystricidae Nowak
1999Hystricidae Nowak
2001Hystricidae Huchon and Douzery p. 242
2005Hystricidae Wilson and Reeder
2010Hystricidae Coster et al. p. 702

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
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
familyHystricidaeFischer de Waldheim 1817

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.

Fm. Hystricidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817 [porcupine]
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G. Atherurus Cuvier 1829 [brush-tailed porcupine]
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Atherurus macrourus Linnaeus 1758 [Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine]
G. Hystrix Linnaeus 1758 [porcupine]
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Subg. †Hystrix (Hystricops) Leidy 1858
Subg. Hystrix (Hystrix) Linnaeus 1758
Subg. Hystrix (Thecurus) Lyon 1907
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Hystrix (Thecurus) crassispinis Günther 1876 [Thick-spined porcupine]
Hystrix (Thecurus) pumila Günther 1879 [Phillipine porcupine]
Hystrix (Thecurus) sumatrae Lyon 1907 [Sumatran porcupine]
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 [Cape porcupine]
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Hystrix angressi Frenkel 1971
Hystrix arayanensis Sen 2001
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758 [crested porcupine]
Hystrix depereti Sen 2001
Hystrix kayae Halaçlar et al. 2023
Hystrix primigenia Wagner 1848
G. †Sivacanthion Colbert 1933
G. Spygurus Gray 1825
G. Trichys Günther 1876 [long-tailed porcupine]
G. †Xenohystrix Greenwood 1955
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
Comments: life habit and diet based on Nowak 1999f
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:26:04
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, 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 Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections (242 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Jammu and Kashmir) Sivacanthion complicates (11797)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova Hystrix bessarabica (75802) Hystrix sp. (75803)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Kenya Hystricidae indet. (219711)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Hystrix sp. (11798)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Hystrix sp. (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Hystrix sp., Xenohystrix indet., Atherurus indet. (22139)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Usak) Hystrix primigenia (34462)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Cankiri) Hystrix kayae (184368)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attiki) Hystrix primigenia (195562)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria Hystrix sp. (34642)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Hystrix sp. (136913)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Hystrix primigenia (202630) Lamprodon primigenius (182754)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) Hystrix suevica (37789)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Bulgaria Hystrix primigenia (208569)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Makedonia Thraki) Hystrix primigenia (157582)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) Hystrix primigenia (202213)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Afghanistan Hystrix sp. (75492)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Larissa) Hystrix primigenia (207134)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos Island) Hystrix primigenia (205351)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Hystrix sp. (44221 44222 44223 44224)