Trichys fasciculata

(G. K. Shaw, 1801)

Asian Long-tailed Porcupine

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Shaw, G.K. 1801. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol. II. Part 1. Mammalia. G. Kearsley, London, 226 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19603158

Original name as described

Hystrix fasciculata

Other common names

Long-tailed Porcupine

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1955.3213

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cab90267-37c1-4945-9aa7-157ce3e5f6c4

Type locality

"Malacca."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001291

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.

Trichys lipura

A. Günther, 1877

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

lipura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.9.20.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/964a2335-c02f-46f0-bb4d-2e30da44ed38

Authority page

739

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29100010

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Trichys guentheri

O. Thomas, 1889

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

guentheri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.9.20.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/964a2335-c02f-46f0-bb4d-2e30da44ed38

Authority page

235

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28698844

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Hystrix fasciculata

(G. K. Shaw, 1801)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

fasciculata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1955.3213

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cab90267-37c1-4945-9aa7-157ce3e5f6c4

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19603158

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lesson (1827:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Trichys macrotis

G. S. Miller, 1903

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:114488

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32bbb7475-7904-4740-b974-69f58b2d0de2

Authority page

469

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612753

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Atherurus fasciculatus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

fasciculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

96

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Trichys fasciculata

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

fasciculata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

189

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22132/22232753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Atherura fasciculata

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Hystricidae

Root name

fasciculata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

129

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534810

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

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