Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis Peter 1852

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Hystricidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1542-1544 : 1543

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Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis Peter 1852
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Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis Peter 1852 View in CoL

Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis Peter 1852 View in CoL , Reise nach Mossambique, Saugethiere: 170.

Type Locality: Mozambique, Querimba coast and Tette, about 10 o 30’ to 12 o S, 40 o 30’E, sea level .

Vernacular Names: Cape Porcupine.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis subsp. africaeaustralis Peter 1852

Subspecies Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis subsp. zuluensis Roberts 1936

Distribution: Mouth of the Congo River to Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, W and S Tanzania, Mozambique, and South Africa. Sympatric with H. cristata .

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common.

Discussion: Subgenus Hystrix . Revised by Corbet and Jones (1965); see Van Weers (1983).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Hystricidae

Genus

Hystrix

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Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis Peter 1852

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis

Peter 1852: 170
1852
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