HYSTRICIDAE, Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6612213 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6612180 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A91B1C-C151-4A60-C82C-FD8C9FE26A7E |
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Carolina |
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HYSTRICIDAE |
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Family HYSTRICIDAE View in CoL
(OLD WORLD PORCUPINES)
• Large nocturnal, terrestrial, herbivorous rodents, with bodies covered in long, sharp spines for defense.
• • 50-110 cm. View Figure
• Afrotropical, Palearctic, and Indo-Malayan Regions. View Figure
• Mediterranean coastal shrubland, warm and cold savanna grasslands, dry semi-deserts, lowland and montane tropical forest, forested hills and steppes, acacia and miombo woodland, agricultural, and urbanized habitats.
• 3 genera, 11 species, 13 taxa.
• 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.
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