After Mckenna & Bell, 1997, and Sen, 2001, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Histrix Cuvier, 1798
Oedocephalus Gray, 1866
including:
Acanthion F. Cuvier, 1822
†Orenomys Aymard, 1855 (?nomen nudum (Palmer, 1904))
Thecurus Lyon, 1907
†Hystrix primigenia (Wagner, 1848)
†Hystrix depereti Sen, 2001
†Hystrix parvae
(Thecurus) Lyon, 1907
Hystrix (Thecurus) crassispinis
Hystrix (Thecurus) pumila
Hystrix (Thecurus) sumatrae
(Hystrix) Linnaeus, 1758
†Hystrix (Hystrix) refossa
†Hystrix (Hystrix) etrusca Bosco, 1898
Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis
Hystrix (Hystrix) cristata Linnaeus, 1758
Hystrix (Hystrix) indica
Hystrix (Hystrix) indica indica
(Acanthion) F. Cuvier, 1822
†Hystrix (Acanthion) vinogradovi Argyropulo, 1941
Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura
Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura brachyura
Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura hodgsoni
Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura yunnanensis
Hystrix (Acanthion) javanica
Reference(s):
- McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - Nowak, R. M., 1999: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 2. (6th ed.)
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1999, 837-1936 - Sen, S., 2001: Early Pliocene porcupine (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Perpignan, France: a new systematic study.
–Geodiversitas: Vol. 23, #2, pp. 303-312