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 (Acanthion) brachyura subsp. brachyura Linnaeus 1758 Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subsp. brachyura Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 57 . Type Locality: Malaysia , Malacca . Synonyms: Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subsp. grotei (Gray 1866) ; Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subsp. longicauda Marsden 1811 ; Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura subsp. mulleri Marshall 1871 .