Atherurus macrourus (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:57.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Habitat in Asia", restricted to Malaysia, Malacca by Lyon (1907:584) .

DISTRIBUTION: E Assam (India), Szechwan, Yunnan, Hupei, and Hainan (China) to Malaya, Sumatra, and adjacent islands, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Burma.

SYNONYMS: angustiramus, assamensis, hainanus, pemangilis, retardatus, stevensi, terutaus, tionis, zigomatica.