IRMNG - Hystricidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

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Hystricidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

IRMNG_ID

104225 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:104225)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Rodentia

Direct children (19)

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Genus Atherurus Cuvier, 1829
Genus Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Miohystrix Kretzoi, 1951 †
Genus Sivacanthion Colbert, 1933 †
Genus Trichys Günther, 1877
Genus Xenohystrix Greenwood, 1955 †
Genus Acantherium Gray, 1847 accepted as Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Acanthia Gray, 1825 accepted as Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Acanthion Cuvier, 1823 accepted as Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Acanthium Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Acanthochoerus Gray, 1866 accepted as Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Atherura Gray, 1842 accepted as Atherurus Cuvier, 1829
Genus Atherura Blyth in Blyth, 1840 accepted as Atherurus Cuvier, 1829
Genus Athetura Doughty, 1831 accepted as Atherurus Cuvier, 1829
Genus Echinothrix Brookes, 1828 accepted as Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Histrix Cuvier, 1798 accepted as Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Hystria Forster in Osbeck, 1771 accepted as Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Oedocephalus Gray, 1866 accepted as Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Thecurus Lyon, 1907 accepted as Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Hystricidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104225 on 2024-09-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (5)
Notes (2)

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

taxonomy source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details]

current name source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

Unverified

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Eutheria (Infraclass) > Rodentia (Order) > Hystricomorpha (Suborder) > Hystricidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): T; stratigraphic range: Miocene (Upper Miocene)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]