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Hystrix
Hystrix is a genus of porcupines containing most of the Old World porcupines. Fossils belonging to the genus date back to the late Miocene of Africa.
The name Hystrix (from Ancient Greek ὕστριξ (hústrix, “porcupine”) was chosen by the 18th-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
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Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 44168.