Hystrix cristata

Linnaeus, 1758

Crested 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

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/25033867

Original name as described

Hystrix cristata

Other common names

North African Crested Porcupine

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Habitat in Asia." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1911 to "near Rome, Italy."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Italy · Tunisia · Algeria · Morocco · Libya · Egypt · Mauritania · Mali · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Eritrea · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Somalia · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001286

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.

Acanthion cuvieri

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

cuvieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862886

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Hystrix galeata

O. Thomas, 1893

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

galeata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.2.3.48

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/28261e99-a04f-4863-973e-0bcd758e9466

Authority page

230

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27734497

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Hystrix galeata somalensis

Lönnberg, 1912

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

somalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.5.4.10, BMNH:Mamm:1906.5.4.9

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/171b73ca-735a-4708-9198-22010bb7acff

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41921104

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

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

Hystrix aerula

O. Thomas, 1925

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

aerula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.5.12.89

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3b350952-0daf-4ea4-b51d-ea4d1b95921d

Authority page

196

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Hystrix occidanea

Cabrera, 1924

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

occidanea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

220

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

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

Hystrix cristata

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

cristata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

56

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033867

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:340, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Daudin (1802:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  3. Thunberg (1811:310, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)
  4. Fischer (1814:viii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  5. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  6. Lesson (1827:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  7. Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  8. Smith (1842:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  9. Lesson (1842:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  10. Loche (1858:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1980:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  12. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  13. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  14. Happold (2013:678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  15. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  19. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10746/22232484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hystrix cristata europaea

Kerr, 1792

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

europaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

213

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664237

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

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

Acanthion Daubentonii

(F. Cuvier, 1823)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

daubentonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

431

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34824875

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Lesson (1827:289, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Hystrix senegalica

F. Cuvier, 1823

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

senegalica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

430

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34824874

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

Hystrix galeata ambigua

Lönnberg, 1908

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

ambigua

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

29

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Hystrix galeata lönnbergi

F. Müller, 1910

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

lonnbergi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

315

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Histrix cristata

G. Cuvier, 1797

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

cristata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637212

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1797:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)

daubentoni

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

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

daubentoni

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 galeata conradsi

F. Müller, 1910

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

conradsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

314

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Hystrix galeata lademanni

F. Müller, 1910

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

lademanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

314

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Hystrix galeata ludemanni

F. Müller, 1910

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

ludemanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectoriginalspelling

Authority page

314

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Hystrix galeata lademanni

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

lademanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

441

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782338

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Hystrix galeata ladermani

Misonne, 1974

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

ladermani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Washington

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