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--> FAMILY Hystricidae
--> GENUS Atherurus
SPECIES Atherurus macrourus
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 57. | Common Name: | Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine | Type Locality: | "Habitat in Asia", restricted to Malaysia, Malacca by Lyon (1907:584). | Distribution: | E Assam (India), Szeechwas, Yunnan, Hupei, and Hainan (China) to Malaya, Sumatra, and adjacent islands, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Burma. | Status: | IUCN – Endangered as A. m. assamensis, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Includes angustiramus, assamensis, hainanus, retardatus, stevensi, terutaus, tionis, and zygomatica (Van Weers, 1977). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
angustiramus Mohr, 1964 assamensis Thomas, 1921 hainanus Allen, 1906 pemangilis Robinson, 1912 retardatus Mohr, 1964 stevensi Thomas, 1925 terutaus Lyon, 1907 tionis Thomas, 1908 zygomatica Miller, 1903
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