Hystrix crassispinis

A. Günther, 1877

Thick-spined Porcupine

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29100007

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

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f7b77632-429e-4b09-8b1e-9ac330bf4d3e

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

Indonesia · Brunei · Malaysia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001285

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 crassispinis

A. Günther, 1877

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

crassispinis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.9.20.15

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f7b77632-429e-4b09-8b1e-9ac330bf4d3e

Authority page

736

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29100007

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10750) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10750) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10750/22232051) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Thecurus major

(E. Schwarz, 1939)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

USNM:MAMM:196777

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3baf51ddc-a089-40a4-8a5b-7d4959a62591

Authority page

246

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Thecurus crassispinis

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

crassispinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

188

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

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