Hystrix paukensis

Hystrix paukensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Hystricidae
Genus: Hystrix
Species: H. paukensis
Binomial name
Hystrix paukensis
Nishioka et al., 2011

Hystrix paukensis is an extinct old world porcupine which existed during the late Miocene-early Pliocene in what is now Myanmar. It was described by Yuichiro Nishioka, Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein, Naoko Egi, Takehisa Tsubamoto, Takeshi Nishimura, Tsuyoshi Ito, Thaung-Htike and Masanaru Takai in 2011. The species epithet refers to Pauk Township, the type locality of the species.

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References

  1. Yuichiro Nishioka, Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein, Naoko Egi, Takehisa Tsubamoto, Takeshi Nishimura, Tsuyoshi Ito, Thaung-Htike and Masanaru Takai (2011). "New Hystrix (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the late Miocene/early Pliocene of Myanmar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 (4): 919–924. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.580809.
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