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Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Hystricidae
genus
Atherurus
species
Atherurus africanus

Name

Homonyms
Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842
Common names
African Brush-tailed Porcupine in English
African Brush-tailed Porcupine in English
African Brush-tailed Porcupine in English
African Brush-tailed Porcupines in language.
African Brush-tailed Porcupine in English
Afrikanischer Quastenstachler in German
Westafrikanischer Quastenstachler in German

Bibliographic References

  1. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  2. Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 1538-1600.
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