Hystrix (Acanthion) Cuvier 1823 (porcupine)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Parent taxon: Hystrix according to D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Hystrix (Hystricops), Hystrix (Hystrix), Hystrix (Thecurus), Hystrix africaeaustralis, Hystrix angressi, Hystrix arayanensis, Hystrix cristata, Hystrix depereti, Hystrix kayae, Hystrix primigenia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: semifossorial herbivore-frugivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hystrix (Acanthion) in the database