Hystrix (Acanthion)

Hystrix (Acanthion)
Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Hystricidae
Genus:	Hystrix
Subgenus:	Acanthion F. Cuvier, 1823

Acanthion is a subgenus of Old World porcupines in the genus Hystrix . It contains two species, H. javanica and H. brachyura, the smaller species with comparatively smaller nasals. The extant species have only one black ring or coloured part on the quills. ^[1]

Included taxa

• Hystrix (Acanthion) javanica  F. Cuvier, 1823– Sunda porcupine
• Hystrix (A.) brachyura  Linnaeus, 1758– Malayan porcupine
  • Hystrix (A.) b. brachyura Linnaeus, 1758
  • Hystrix (A.) b. hodgsoni Gray, 1847
  • Hystrix (A.) b. subcristata Swinhoe, 1870
  • Hystrix (A.) b. punungensis subsp. nov.

References

1. Van Weers, D. J. (2005). A taxonomic revision of the Pleistocene Hystrix (Hystricidae, Rodentia) from Eurasia with notes on the evolution of the family. Archived 2015-01-21 at the Wayback Machine Contributions to Zoology 74(3/4), 301-12.