Acanthion
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| Acanthion | |
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| File:Hystrix brachyura, Malayan porcupine - Khao Yai National Park.jpg | |
| Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Hystricidae |
| Genus: | Hystrix |
| Subgenus: | Acanthion F. Cuvier, 1823 |
Acanthion is a subgenus of Old World porcupines in the genus Hystrix. It contains two species, H. javanica and H. brachyura, the smaller species with comparatively smaller nasals. The extant species have only one black ring or coloured part on the quills.[1]
Included taxa
- Hystrix (Acanthion) javanica F. Cuvier, 1823 – Sunda porcupine
- Hystrix (A.) brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 – Malayan porcupine
- Hystrix (A.) b. brachyura Linnaeus, 1758
- Hystrix (A.) b. hodgsoni Gray, 1847
- Hystrix (A.) b. subcristata Swinhoe, 1870
- Hystrix (A.) b. punungensis subsp. nov.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Van Weers, D. J. (2005). A taxonomic revision of the Pleistocene Hystrix (Hystricidae, Rodentia) from Eurasia with notes on the evolution of the family. Archived 2015-01-21 at the Wayback Machine Contributions to Zoology 74(3/4), 301-12.