Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Hystricidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Rodentia Genus Hystrix | |
Hystrix paukensis is an extinct old world porcupine which existed during the late Miocene-early Pliocene in what is now Myanmar. It was described by Yuichiro Nishioka, Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein, Naoko Egi, Takehisa Tsubamoto, Takeshi Nishimura, Tsuyoshi Ito, Thaung-Htike and Masanaru Takai in 2011. The species epithet refers to Pauk Township, the type locality of the species.
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