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Taxon: Genus Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 (mammal)
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Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                 Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
                   Suborder Hystricomorpha Brandt, 1855
                     Superfamily Hystricoidea Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
                       Family Hystricidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - Old World porcupines
                         Genus Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 - short-tailed porcupines
                           Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters, 1852
                           Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758 - crested porcupine
                           Hystrix galeata Thomas, 1893 see Hystrix cristata galeata Thomas, 1893
                           Hystrix leucura Sykes, 1831 see Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792

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