A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Hystricidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| African Brush-tailed PorcupineAtherurus africanus Gray, 1842 | HystricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian Brush-tailed PorcupineAtherurus macrourus (Linnaeus, 1758) | HystricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan Crestless PorcupineHystrix (Acanthion) brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 | HystricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan PorcupineHystrix (Acanthion) javanica F. Cuvier, 1823 | HystricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested PorcupineHystrix (Hystrix) cristata Linnaeus, 1758 | HystricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian Crested PorcupineHystrix (Hystrix) indica Kerr, 1792 | HystricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Borneo Short-tailed PorcupineHystrix (Thecurus) crassispinis Günther, 1877 | HystricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indonesian PorcupineHystrix (Thecurus) pumila Günther, 1879 | HystricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sumatran PorcupineHystrix (Thecurus) sumatrae (Lyon, 1907) | HystricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.