Hystrix javanica (F. Cuvier, 1823) . Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 9:431.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Java .

DISTRIBUTION: Java, Bali, Sumbawa, Flores, Lombok, Madura, Tonahdjampea, and S Sulawesi (Indonesia).

SYNONYMS: brevispinosa, ecaudata, javanicum, sumbawae, torquata.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Acanthion . Formerly included in brachyura by Chasen (1940), but see Van Weers (1979).