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GENUS Hystrix

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 56.
Type Species:Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758.
Comments:Divided into three subgenera: Acanthion, Hystrix, and Thecurus (see Van Weers, 1978; 1979).
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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

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