Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia - (Family) Hystricidae

Original position

Glires (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Hystricinae (Subfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Original entries

Hystrix brachyura Linnaeus, 1758
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758
Hystrix dorsata Linnaeus, 1758
Hystrix macroura Linnaeus, 1758
Hystrix prehensilis Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Hystricinae (Subfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 192.

Alternative positions

Glires (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 76.
Hystricidae (Family) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 773.

Historical positions

Hystricinae (Subfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 192.
Hystricidae (Family) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 773.
Hystricidae (Family) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 199.
Hystricidae (Family) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1051.
Hystricidae (Family) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 592.
Glires (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 27, 76.
Glires (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 19, 56.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	8s;6ss; †3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[8s]
1993	C.A. Woods	[8s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[8s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	6s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[5s]