Hystrix brachyura

Linnaeus, 1758

Malayan Porcupine

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033868

Original name as described

Hystrix brachyura

Other common names

Himalayan Crestless Porcupine · Hodgson's Porcupine

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"Habitat in Asia." Identified by A. Grote in J. E. Gray in 1866 as "Malacca," Malaya.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · India · Nepal · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Malaysia · Brunei · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001284

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Acanthion subcristatus papae

(G. M. Allen, 1927)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

papae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-60048

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-60048

Authority page

3

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Hystrix subcristata

Swinhoe, 1871

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

subcristata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1570a

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

638

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555500

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Acanthion Hodgsonii

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

hodgsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1847.7.22.9

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/12d70367-cb04-4cd2-a692-cc413013b273

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862885

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Acanthochoerus grotei

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

grotei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1849.12.7.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a3f6dd2b-e105-4a0e-b33c-bce1294fe5ed

Authority page

310

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627796

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Hystrix alophus

Hodgson, 1847

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

alopha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1853.8.16.11

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ae7082b3-a50b-4516-afee-abd4595151e5

Authority page

771

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126312

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Acanthion klossi

(O. Thomas, 1916)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

klossi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.12.8.223

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/db94c3d2-fdc6-4734-bc41-f0479ad93356

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612301

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Acanthion millsi

(O. Thomas, 1922)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

millsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.7.16.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/38b0d659-57bb-48b1-9795-75b485cb850e

Authority page

431

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30113005

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Hystrix vinogradovi atavus

Jánossy, 1972

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

atava

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM V.72.2

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

173

Authority publication

Vertebrata Hungarica

Hystrix mülleri

W. Marshall in P. L. Sclater, 1871

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

muelleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.19664.b, RMNH.MAM.19964.a, RMNH.MAM.19965, RMNH.MAM.19966.a, RMNH.MAM.19966.b, RMNH.MAM.19967, RMNH.MAM.19993

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19964.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19966.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19966.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19993

Authority page

235 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554057

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Hystrix brachyura punungensis

Van Weers, 2003

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

punungensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF/PA/F6639

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

222

Authority publication

Scripta Geologica

Hystrix brachyura

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

brachyura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033868

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:569, 570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10749/115099298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hystrix schaubi

Brunner, 1954

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

schaubi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UPGM 6558

Type kind

holotype

Authority publication

Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Abhandlungen

Hystrix vinogradovi

Argyropulo, 1941

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

vinogradovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 21915

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

243

Authority publication

Priroda

Hystrix vinogradovi kudarensis

Baryshnikov & G. I. Baranova, 1982

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

kudarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 66311

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta

Hystrix bengalensis

E. Blyth, 1851

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

bengalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 10034

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

170

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40259756

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1863:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Hystrix yunnanensis

J. Anderson, 1879

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

yunnanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15687

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

332

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34124908

Authority publication

London

Hystrix Malacensis

Daudin, 1802

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

malacensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

171

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033421

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Coandu brachyura

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

brachyura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

viii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:viii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Hystrix hodgsoni

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

hodgsoni

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)

Hystrix brachyura bengalensis

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

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

bengalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Hystrix brachyura brachyura

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

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

brachyura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Hystrix brachyura hodgsoni

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

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

hodgsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

1543

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005:1543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

mulleri

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

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

mulleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1543

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005:1543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Hystrix brachyura subcristata

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

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

subcristata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Hystrix brachyura yunnanensis

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

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

yunnanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Hystrix brachyura papae

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

papae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

274

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Erinaceus malaccensis

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

malaccensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

173

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872970

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:173, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

hystrix longicauda

Marsden, 1784

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

longicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47144514

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Hystrix cristata minor

Malez, 1963

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1-193

Authority publication

Paleontol. Jugoslavia

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