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  2. Hystrix (mammal) - Wikipedia

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    Order: Rodentia: Family: Hystricidae: Genus: Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758: Type species; ... Hystrix is a genus of porcupines containing most of the Old World porcupines.

  3. Old World porcupine - Wikipedia

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    The crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata), a typical representative of the Old World porcupines, occurs throughout the south of Europe and North and West Africa. It is replaced in southern and central Africa by the Cape porcupine , H. africaeaustralis , and in India by the Malayan porcupine ( H. brachyura ) and Indian (crested) porcupine ( H ...

  4. Crested porcupine - Wikipedia

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    The crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata), also known as the African crested porcupine, is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae native to Italy, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

  5. Hystrix aegeanensis - Wikipedia

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    Order: Rodentia: Family: ... Genus: Hystrix: ... Halaçlar et. al., 2024. Hystrix aegeanensis is an extinct species of Hystrix that lived in Greece and Turkey during ...

  6. Porcupine - Wikipedia

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    A porcupine is any of 30 species of rodents belonging to the families Erethizontidae (genera: Coendou, Erethizon, and Chaetomys) or Hystricidae (genera: Atherurus, Hystrix, and Trichys). Porcupines vary in size considerably: Rothschild's porcupine of South America weighs less than a kilogram (2.2 lb); the crested porcupine found in Italy ...

  7. Hystrix velunensis - Wikipedia

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    Order: Rodentia: Family: Hystricidae: Genus: Hystrix: ... Czernielewski, 2023. Hystrix velunensis is an extinct species of Old World porcupine that lived during the ...

  8. List of rodents - Wikipedia

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    This list contains circa 2,700 species in 518 genera in the order Rodentia. [1] Suborder Hystricomorpha. Family Ctenodactylidae ... Genus Hystrix. Subgenus Acanthion.

  9. Hystrix refossa - Wikipedia

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    Hystrix refossa was larger than living porcupines. It was approximately 20% larger than its closest relative, the living Indian porcupine ( H. indica ), reaching lengths of over 115 cm (45 in). It also differs from the Indian porcupine in having a high and narrow occipital region, in the anteriorly convergent arrangement of maxillary cheek ...