Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents Family Hystricidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - Old World porcupines Genus Atherurus Cuvier, 1829 - brush-tailed porcupines Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 - African brush-tailed porcupine