Hystrix brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:57.

TYPE LOCALITY: Malaysia, Malacca .

DISTRIBUTION: Nepal; Sikkim and Assam (India); C. and S. China; Burma; Thailand; Indochina; Malaya; Sumatra; Borneo.

COMMENT: Includes hodgsoni, klossi, and subcristata; see Van Weers, 1979, Beaufortia, 29:215-272; also see Lekagul and McNeely, 1977:492.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410017002002001 as H. brachyurus (sic).