Thick-spined porcupine

Thick-spined porcupine

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Hystricidae
Genus:	Hystrix
Subgenus:	Thecurus
Species:	H. crassispinis
Binomial name
*Hystrix crassispinis* (Günther, 1877)

The thick-spined porcupine (Hystrix crassispinis) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo and found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

References

↑ Helgen, K. & Lunde, D. (2008). Hystrix crassispinis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.

Woods, C. A.; Kilpatrick, C. W. (2005), "Hystricognathi", in Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1538–1600, ISBN 0801882214 Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)

Extant species of family Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Hystricomorpha Infraorder: Hystricognathi

Hystrix	Subgenus Acanthion: Malayan Porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) Sunda Porcupine (Hystrix javanica) Subgenus Hystrix: Cape Porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) Crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) Indian Crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica) Subgenus Thecurus: Thick-spined Porcupine (Hystrix crassispinis) Philippine Porcupine (Hystrix pumila) Sumatran Porcupine (Hystrix sumatrae)

Atherurus	African Brush-tailed Porcupine (Atherurus africanus) Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine (Atherurus macrourus)

Trichys	Long-tailed Porcupine (Trichys fasciculata)

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