Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents Suborder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 see Infraorder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 Family Hystricidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - Old World porcupines Genus Atherurus Cuvier, 1829 - brush-tailed porcupines 1 Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 - African brush-tailed porcupine 2 Atherurus macrourus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine