Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:56.

REVIEWED BY: S. Wang (SW)(China).

COMMENT: Includes Acanthion; see Starret, 1967, in Anderson and Jones, p. 257.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix III as Hystrix spp. native to Ghana only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410017002000000.