Hystrix brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:57.

TYPE LOCALITY: Malaysia, Malacca .

DISTRIBUTION: Nepal, Sikkim and Assam (India), C and S China, Burma, Thailand, Indochina, Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Malay Islands of Pinang, Singapore.

SYNONYMS: alophus, bengalensis, grotei, hodgsoni, klossi, longicauda, millsi, millleri, papae, subcristata, yunnanensis.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Acanthion (Van Weers, 1979:233); also see Lekagul and McNeely (1988:492).