HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Hystricidae
--> GENUS Hystrix
--> SUBGENUS Thecurus
SPECIES Hystrix (Thecurus) sumatrae
Author: | Lyon, 1907. | Citation: | Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 32: 583. | Common Name: | Sumatran Porcupine | Type Locality: | Indonesia, E coast of Sumatra, Aru Bay. | Distribution: | Sumatra. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Thecurus. Treated as a subspecies of crassispinis by Chasen (1940), but see Van Weers (1978). |
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