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Taxon: Genus Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 - short-tailed porcupines (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank Linnaeus, C. 1735. Syst. Nat. [ed. 1]: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 56.

Types

Type ofHystricinae (Subfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Hystrix (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758

Variants

Unavailable nameHystrix (Genus) nom. inval.

Synonyms

IncludingAcanthion (Genus) Cuvier, 1823 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
IncludingThecurus (Genus) Lyon, 1907 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full nameechte stekelvarkens

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameshort-tailed porcupines
Old World porcupines
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