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 Hystrix brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 - Malayan porcupine