Atherurus africanus

J. E. Gray, 1842

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1842-12-01. Descriptions of some new genera and fifty unrecorded species of Mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)10(65):255-267.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324285

Original name as described

Atherura africana

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.3.21.8

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/504a1975-ab09-4224-9091-9eabe620e691

Type locality

"West Africa, Sierra Leone."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Central African Republic · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Uganda · South Sudan · Kenya · Rwanda · Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001281

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.

Total: 12 names and synonyms.

Atherura africana

J. E. Gray, 1842

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.3.21.8

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/504a1975-ab09-4224-9091-9eabe620e691

Authority page

261

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324285

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gray (1847:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862888) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39776)
  2. Fitzinger (1867:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  3. Sclater (1872:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  4. Peters (1876:481, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17187)
  5. Rochebrune (1883:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  6. Bocage (1890:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39321605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68678)
  7. Trouessart (1897:618, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  8. Trouessart (1904:512, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  9. Allen & Coolidge (1930:604, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
  10. Hayman (1936:935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)

Hystrix Africana

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

96

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Murray (1866:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Atherura armata

P. Gervais, 1854

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

armatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1853-290 (= MNHN:type:390) (= MNHN "1861")

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

334

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Rochebrune (1883:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  2. Trouessart (1897:618, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  3. Trouessart (1904:512, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  4. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Atherura centralis

O. Thomas, 1895

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.12.1.98

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cc5fc082-c985-4f61-a6ff-2f99b0f7d802

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001995

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:618, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Trouessart (1904:512, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Atherura Burrowsi

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

burrowsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.2.28.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cba38c74-0243-4002-8b4c-95f62518541a

Authority page

270

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331555

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:512, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Atherura africana africana

G. M. Allen & Coolidge, 1930

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

604

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248218

Authority publication

Cambridge (Massachusetts)

Name usages

Allen & Coolidge (1930:604, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)

Atherura turneri

St. Leger, 1932

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

turneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1932.8.6.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/88672bfb-a493-4b8d-a773-eb3bccc886af

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Atherurus turneri

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

turneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

440

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782337

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Allen (1939:440, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  2. Setzer (1956:547, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)

Atherurus africanus

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

439

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782336

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Allen (1939:439, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  2. Eisentraut (1963:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Woods (1993:773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
  7. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  8. Happold (2013:672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  9. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2353/115061551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Atherurus armatus

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

armatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

440

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782337

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:440, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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