Acanthion

Acanthion is a subgenus of Old World porcupines. This subgenus contains the smaller Hystrix species with comparatively smaller nasals. The extant species have only one black ring or coloured part on the quills..

Included taxa

Hystrix (Acanthion) javanica F. Cuvier, 1823
Hystrix (A.) brachyura Linnaeus, 1758
Hystrix (A.) b. brachyura Linnaeus, 1758
Hystrix (A.) b. hodgsoni Gray, 1847
Hystrix (A.) b. subcristata Swinhoe, 1870
Hystrix (A.) b. punungensis subsp. nov.
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