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Acanthion

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Hystricidae

Genus
  
Hystrix

Order
  
Rodent

Class
  
Mammalia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Subgenus

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Similar
  
Hystrix, Thecurus, Thick‑spined porcupine, Malayan porcupine, Rodent

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.

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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

    Acanthion Wikipedia
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