Taxonavigation

Familia: Hystricidae
Genus: Hystrix
Species: H. africaeaustralis - H. brachyura - H. crassispinis - H. cristata  - H. indica - H. javanica - H. pumila - H. sumatrae

Name

• Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Hystrix cristata
    • Fixation: Linnean tautonymy
  • Homonym: Hystrix, Chromista Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1822

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 56. Reference page. 
• Hystrix in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

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