Hystrix pumila

A. Günther, 1879

Philippine Porcupine

Also as Indonesian Porcupine, Palawan Porcupine, Philippine Short-tailed Porcupine.
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Location:Czech Republic, West Bohemia, Zoological and Botanical Park Pilsen (Plzen)Date taken:16 October 2010Description:Also as Indonesian Porcupine, Palawan Porcupine, Philippine Short-tailed Porcupine.

Distribution :

Palawan and Busuanga Isls (Philippines).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4845

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Parvorder: incertae sedis
Family: Hystricidae
Genus: Hystrix
Subgenus: Thecurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Günther, A. 1879-08-01. Description of a new Species of Porcupine from the Philippine Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)4(20):106-107.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25159681

Original name as described

Hystrix pumila

Other common names

Indonesian Porcupine · Palawan Porcupine · Philippine Short-tailed Porcupine

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.5.3.9

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/99176ff2-f1e9-4afb-81b2-8f3e9941f717

Type locality

"Puerto Princesa, in the island of Paragua [= Palawan], " Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001289

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Hystrix pumila

A. Günther, 1879

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

pumila

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.5.3.9

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Puerto Princesa, in the island of Paragua

Type locality

Philippines: Palawan.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/99176ff2-f1e9-4afb-81b2-8f3e9941f717

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25159681

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Günther (1879:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25159681) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68521)
Trouessart (1897:617, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Woods (1993:774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
Esselstyn, Widmann & Heaney (2004:294, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515747) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5880)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10753/22231557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Acanthion pumila:

de Elera, 1895

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

pumila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853934

Authority publication

Manila

Name usages

Elera (1895:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)

Thecurus pumilus:

Hollister, 1912

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

pumila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354186

Authority publication

Philippine Journal of Science

Name usages

Hollister (1912:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15163)
Sanborn (1952:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)

Thecurus pumilis:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

pumilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

188

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Hystrix pumilis:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

pumilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

200

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

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