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Taxon: Family Hystricidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 (mammal)
Classification by:

Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Count: [*] 26o;133f;1112g;4545s;7ss; ‡3f;23g;88s; †1g;9s
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
  Count: [*] 28f;427g;1970s; ‡1f;16g;48s; †1g;4s
     Suborder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 see Infraorder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899
    Count: [*] 17f;57g;208s; ‡1f;11g;24s
       Suborder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 see Infraorder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899
      Count: [*] 17f;57g;208s; ‡1f;11g;24s
         Family Hystricidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - Old World porcupines
        Count: [*] 3g;11s
           1 Genus Atherurus Cuvier, 1829 - brush-tailed porcupines
          Count: [*] 2s
           2 Genus Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 - short-tailed porcupines
          Count: [*] 8s
           3 Genus Trichys Günther, 1877 - long-tailed porcupine
          Count: [*] 1s

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