Hystrix Linnaeus 1758

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 : 1542

Hystrix Linnaeus 1758

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

Type Species: Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Acanthochoerus Gray 1866 ; Oedocephalus Gray 1866 .

Species and subspecies: 8 species with 7 subspecies in 3 subgenera:

Subgenus Hystrix (Hystrix) Linnaeus 1758

Subgenus Hystrix (Acanthion) Cuvier 1823

Subgenus Hystrix (Thecurus) Lyon 1907

Species Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis Peter 1852

Subspecies Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis subsp. africaeaustralis Peter 1852

Subspecies Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis subsp. zuluensis Roberts 1936

Species Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subsp. brachyura Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subsp. bengalensis Blyth 1851

Subspecies Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subsp. hodgsoni Gray 1847

Subspecies Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subsp. subcristata Swinhoe 1870

Subspecies Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subsp. yunnanensis Anderson 1878

Species Hystrix (Thecurus) crassispinis Günther 1876

Species Hystrix (Hystrix) cristata Linnaeus 1758

Species Hystrix (Hystrix) indica Kerr 1792

Species Hystrix (Acanthion) javanica F. Cuvier 1823

Species Hystrix (Thecurus) pumila Günther 1879

Species Hystrix (Thecurus) sumatrae Lyon 1907

Discussion: Divided into three subgenera: Acanthion , Hystrix , and Thecurus (see Van Weers, 1978; 1979).