| Hystrix Temporal range: Early Miocene - Recent
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| Hystrix indica (Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison, Wisconsin) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Hystricidae |
| Genus: | Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
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Hystrix africaeaustralis | |
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| Distribution of Old World porcupines | |
Hystrix is a genus of porcupines containing most of the Old World porcupines. Fossils belonging to the genus date back to the late Miocene of Africa.[1]
Hystrix (from Ancient Greek ὕστριξ (hústrix, “porcupine”) was given name by the 18th-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.
- ^ Barthelmess, E.L. (2006). "Hystix africaeaustralis". Mammalian Species (788): 1–7. doi:10.1644/788.1.