Hystrix crassispinis
A. Günther, 1877
Thick-spined Porcupine
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
Authority citation
Günther, A. 1877-04. Report on some of the additions to the collection of Mammalia in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1876(4):735-751.
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Original name as described
Hystrix crassispinis
Other common names
Borneo Short-tailed Porcupine
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1876.9.20.15
Type kind
lectotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Borneo." A. Günther in 1877 cross referenced an earlier paper of his in the same journal in which the type locality was given as "Borneo, opposite of Labuau."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Brunei · Indonesia · Malaysia
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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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: 6 names and synonyms.
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