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FAMILY Hystricidae

Author:G. Fischer, 1817.
Citation:Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat., Moscow, 5: 372.
Comments:Reviewed by Mohr (1965) and by Van Weers (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983). Usually divided into two subfamilies (Atherurinae, Hystricinae) see McKenna and Bell (1997), but Van Weers (1977, 1978, 1979) does not agree. This family appears to be the most divergent of the suborder (Huchon and Douzery, 2001).
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GENUS Atherurus

SPECIES africanus

SPECIES macrourus

GENUS Hystrix

SUBGENUS Hystrix

SPECIES africaeaustralis

SUBSPECIES africaeaustralis

SUBSPECIES zuluensis

SPECIES cristata

SPECIES indica

SUBGENUS Acanthion

SPECIES brachyura

SUBSPECIES brachyura

SUBSPECIES bengalensis

SUBSPECIES hodgsoni

SUBSPECIES subcristata

SUBSPECIES yunnanensis

SPECIES javanica

SUBGENUS Thecurus

SPECIES crassispinis

SPECIES pumila

SPECIES sumatrae

GENUS Trichys

SPECIES fasciculata

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