Hystrix javanica

(F. Cuvier, 1823)

Sunda 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

Cuvier, F. 1823-11. Examen des espèces du genre porc-épic, et formation des genres ou sous-genres Acanthion, _Eréthizon_, _Sinéthère_ et Sphiggure. Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 9:413-437.

Authority publication link

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

Original name as described

Acanthion Javanicum

Other common names

Javan Porcupine

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Java.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001288

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 sumbawae

(E. Schwarz, 1911)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

sumbawae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:833

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

639

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815363

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Acanthion Javanicum

(F. Cuvier, 1823)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

javanica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

431

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:289, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Hystrix javanicum

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

javanicum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

188

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Hystrix javanica

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

javanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

570

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10752/22231749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hystrix ecaudata

Van der Hoeven, 1836

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

ecaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

110 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13473076

Authority publication

Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie

Name usages

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

Hystrix torquata

Van der Hoeven, 1836

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

torquata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

110 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13473076

Authority publication

Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie

Name usages

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

Hystrix brevispinosa

J. A. Wagner, 1844

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

brevispinosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31058835

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

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

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