Hystrix africaeaustralis

W. C. H. Peters, 1852

Cape Porcupine

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1852-11-25. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1846 ausgeführt. Zoologie. I. Säugethiere. Georg Reimer, Berlin, 202 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=WddTAAAAcAAJ

Original name as described

Hystrix africae australis

Other common names

Cape Crested Porcupine · South African Porcupine · Southern African Porcupine

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Querimba" and "Tette." Restricted by R. E. Moreau and colleagues in 1946 to Querimba coast (ca. 10° 30' to 12° 00'S, 40° 30'E, sea level) Mozambique.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Namibia · South Africa · Lesotho · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001283

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 africae-australis prittwitzi

F. Müller, 1910

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

prittwitzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

311

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Hystrix stegmanni

F. Müller, 1910

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

stegmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

186

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14445324

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Hystrix africae australis

W. C. H. Peters, 1852

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

africaeaustralis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

170

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Roberts (1913:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  3. Zimara (1935:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  7. Happold (2013:676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  8. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10748/115099085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hystrix africaeaustralis africaeaustralis

C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

africaeaustralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Hystrix capensis

Grill, 1860

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

19

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

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

Hystrix africae-australis zuluensis

A. Roberts, 1936

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

zuluensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

240

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

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