Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Family Hystricidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - Old World porcupines
       Genus Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 - short-tailed porcupines
         1 Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters, 1852
         2 Hystrix brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 - Malayan porcupine
         3 Hystrix crassispinis (Günther, 1877)
         4 Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758 - crested porcupine
         5 Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792
         6 Hystrix javanica (F. Cuvier, 1822)
         7 Hystrix pumilis see Hystrix pumila (Günther, 1879)
         8 Hystrix sumatrae (Lyon, 1907) - Sumatran porcupine