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Hystrix brachyura hodgsonii  (Gray, 1847)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1221921

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Hystrix brachyura hodgsoni (Gray, 1847)
  
    Acanthion hodgsonii Gray, 1847
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderHystricomorpha Brandt, 1855  
                                     InfraorderHystricognathi Brandt, 1855 – hystricognath rodents  
                                        FamilyHystricidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 – Old World porcupines  
                                           GenusHystrix Linnaeus, 1758  
                                              SubgenusHystrix (Acanthion) F. Cuvier, 1823  
                                                 SpeciesHystrix brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 – Malayan Porcupine, Himalayan Crestless Porcupine  
                                                    SubspeciesHystrix brachyura hodgsonii (Gray, 1847)  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., T. E. Lacher Jr., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2016   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I   
  Page(s): 987   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-941892-34   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Spelling follows that of the original description (-ii), otherwise name per Wilson et al. (2016)  
 

 

    


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