Hystrix

Hystrix cristata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phiomorpha
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Placentalia Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Infraordo: Phiomorpha

Familia: Hystricidae
Genus: Hystrix
Species: H. africaeaustralis - H. brachyura - H. crassispinis - H. cristata - H. hodgsoni - H. indica - H. javanica - H. pumila - H. sumatrae

Name

• Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Hystrix cristata
    • Fixation: Linnean tautonymy

References

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp : page 56. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.542
• Hystrix in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214

Vernacular names

česky: Dikobraz
Deutsch: Eigentliche Stachelschweine