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Hystricidae G. Fischer 1817

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Family Hystricidae G. Fischer, 1817. Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat., Moscow, 5:372.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Mohr (1965) and by Van Weers (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983). Usually divided into two subfamilies (Atherurinae, Hystricinae), but Van Weers did not agree.

Notes

Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 773, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083

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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/1D26FFF6FFD8FFD7FFE1FC69FFB0DF05 (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Hystricidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
G. Fischer
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Hystricidae Fischer, 1817 sec. Woods, 1993

References

  • Mohr, E. 1965. Altweltliche Stachelschweine. Ziemsen Verlag, Wittenberg Lutherstadt, 164 pp.
  • van Weers, D. J. 1976. Notes on Southeast Asian porcupines (Hystricidae, Rodentia) I. On the taxonomy of the genus Trichys Gunther, 1877. Beaufortia (University of Amsterdam), 25 (319): 15 - 31.
  • van Weers, D. J. 1977. Notes on southeast Asian porcupines (Hystricidae, Rodentia) II. On the taxonomy of the genus Atherurus F. Cuvier. Beaufortia (University of Amsterdam), 26 (336): 205 - 230.
  • van Weers, D. J. 1978. Notes on southeast Asian porcupines (Hystricidae, Rodentia) III. On the taxonomy of the subgenus Thecurus Lyon, 1907. Beaufortia (University of Amsterdam), 28 (344): 17 - 33.
  • van Weers, D. J. 1979. Notes on southeast Asian porcupines (Hystricidae, Rodentia) IV. On the taxonomy of the subgenus Acanthion F. Cuvier. Beaufortia, 29 (356): 215 - 272.
  • van Weers, D. J. 1983. Specific distinction in Old World porcupines. Zoologische Garten, Jena, 53: 226 - 232.