Hystrix paukensis
Hystrix paukensis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Hystricidae |
Genus: | Hystrix |
Species: | †H. paukensis
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Binomial name | |
†Hystrix paukensis Nishioka et al., 2011
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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 Nishioka, et al. in 2011. The species epithet refers to Pauk Township, the type locality of the species.[1]
References[]
- ^ Nishioka, Yuichiro; Maung-Thein, Zin-Maung; Egi, Naoko; Tsubamoto, Takehisa; Nishimura, Takeshi; Ito, Tsuyoshi; Thaung-Htike; Takai, Masanaru (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.
Categories:
- Hystricidae
- Fossil taxa described in 2011
- Miocene rodents
- Pliocene rodents
- Cenozoic mammals of Asia
- Fossils of Myanmar
- Prehistoric rodent stubs