Hystrix sumatrae

(Lyon, 1907)

Sumatran 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

Lyon, M.W., Jr. 1907-06-29. Notes on the porcupines of the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 32(1552):575-594.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15664559

Original name as described

Thecurus sumatrae

Other common names

Sumatran Short-tailed Porcupine

Type material

USNM:MAMM:143432

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3656a2810-813a-4cf4-b831-3f9ab76e549a

Type locality

"Aru Bay, east coast of Sumatra."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001290

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.

Thecurus sumatrae

(Lyon, 1907)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

sumatrae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:143432

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3656a2810-813a-4cf4-b831-3f9ab76e549a

Authority page

583

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15664559

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

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)

Hystrix sumatrae

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

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

sumatrae

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 (2016:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10754/22231673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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