Order Rodentia - Family Hystricidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1542 1544 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Hystrix Linnaeus 1758 Hystrix Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 56 . Type Species: Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758 Synonyms: Acanthochoerus Gray 1866 ; Oedocephalus Gray 1866 . Species and subspecies: 8 species with 7 subspecies in 3 subgenera: Subgenus Hystrix (Hystrix) Linnaeus 1758 Subgenus Hystrix (Acanthion) Cuvier 1823 Subgenus Hystrix (Thecurus) Lyon 1907 Species Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis Peter 1852 Subspecies Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis subsp. africaeaustralis Peter 1852 Subspecies Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis subsp. zuluensis Roberts 1936 Species Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura Linnaeus 1758 Subspecies Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subsp. brachyura Linnaeus 1758 Subspecies Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subsp. bengalensis Blyth 1851 Subspecies Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subsp. hodgsoni Gray 1847 Subspecies Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subsp. subcristata Swinhoe 1870 Subspecies Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subsp. yunnanensis Anderson 1878 Species Hystrix (Thecurus) crassispinis Günther 1876 Species Hystrix (Hystrix) cristata Linnaeus 1758 Species Hystrix (Hystrix) indica Kerr 1792 Species Hystrix (Acanthion) javanica F. Cuvier 1823 Species Hystrix (Thecurus) pumila Günther 1879 Species Hystrix (Thecurus) sumatrae Lyon 1907 Discussion: Divided into three subgenera: Acanthion , Hystrix , and Thecurus (see Van Weers, 1978 ; 1979 ).