Chaetomys subspinosus

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Broomstraw-spined Porcupine

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Erethizontoidea
Family : Erethizontidae
Subfamily : Chaetomyinae
Genus : Chaetomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Olfers, I. von. 1818. Bemerkungen zu Illiger's Ueberblick der Säugthiere, nach ihrer Vertheilung über die Welttheile, rücksichtlich der Südamericanischen Arten (Species). Pp. 192–237 in Eschwege, W.L. (eds.). Journal von Brasilien, oder vermischte Nachrichten aus Brasilien, auf wissenschaftlichen Reisen gesammelt. Zweiter Heft. Privilegirtes Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, 304 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/DELTA54086_2FA/page/n215

Original name as described

Hystrix subspinosa

Other common names

Bristle-spined Porcupine · Bristle-spined Rat · Thin-spined Porcupine

Type material

ZMB 1300

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Brazil." Restricted by R. S. Voss and R. Angermann in 1997 to Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001238

Country distribution map

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hystrix subspinosa

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

subspinosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 1300

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

211

Authority publication

book

Hystrix tortilis

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

tortilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 1300

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

211

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Hystrix subspinosa

(Kuhl, 1820)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

subspinosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

ZMB 1300, ZMB 1301

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230867

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Plectrochoerus moricandi

(F.-J. Pictet, 1843)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

moricandi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

227

Authority publication

Revue zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Coendu subspinosus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

subspinosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

97

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Chaetomys subspinosus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

subspinosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

189

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4366/22213335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hystrix tortilis

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

tortilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Hystrix volubilis

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Erethizontidae

Root name

volubilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

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