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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Hystricidae
--> GENUS Hystrix
--> SUBGENUS Acanthion
SPECIES Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 57. | | Common Name: | Malayan Porcupine | | Type Locality: | Malaysia, Malacca. | | Distribution: | Nepal, Sikkim, and Assam (India), C and S China, Burma, Thailand, Indochina, Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Malay Isls of Pinang, Singapore. | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Subgenus Acanthion (Van Weers, 1979:233); also see Lekagul and McNeely (1988:492). |
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