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A taxonomic revision of the Pleistocene Hystrix (Hystricidae, Rodentia) from Eurasia with notes on the evolution of the family
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Weers, D.J. van.
Measurements of many hundreds of the high-crowned cheek teeth of Hystrix specimens from the Euro-Asiatic Pleistocene in the collections of European and Asiatic institutions have been compared with extant species for a revision of the genus. A review is given about the extant genera and species of the family. The number of recognisable Euro-Asiatic species in the fossil record is reduced from eight to five. The European H. (A.) vinogradovi Argyropulo, 1941 is here considered to be a synonym of H. (A.) brachyura Linnaeus, 1758, and the three Asiatic species H. (H.) crassidens Lydekker, 1886, H. (H.) gigantea Van Weers, 1985 and H. (H.) magna Pei, 1987 are synonymized with H. (H.) refossa Gervais, 1852. Most of the Chinese fossil specimens are properly...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Porcupines; Asia; Evolution; Europe; Paleogeography; Pleistocene; 42.84.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/209654

The porcupine Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura punungensis subsp.
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Weers, D.J. van.
A large number of isolated cheek teeth and a mandibular fragment of porcupines from the Late Pleistocene fissure deposits near Punung, Java, are compared with extant H. (Acanthion) brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (southeast Asia) and H. (Acanthion) javanica (F. Cuvier, 1823) (Java). Middle Pleistocene and Holocene specimens from Java are compared with the latter species. The Punung specimens belong to one species and are considered a new subspecies, Hystrix brachyura punungensis subsp. nov. The Middle Pleistocene specimens are allocated to Hystrix brachyura subsp. and those from the Holocene to Hystrix javanica.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Rodentia; Porcupines; Pleistocene; Punung; Java; 42.84; 38.22.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/219301