Hystrix paukensis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Hystricidae |
Genus: | Hystrix |
Species: | †H. paukensis
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Binomial name | |
†Hystrix paukensis Nishioka et al., 2011
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Hystrix paukensis is an extinct Old World porcupine which existed during the late Miocene-early Pliocene in what is now Myanmar. It was described by Nishioka, et al. in 2011. The species epithet refers to Pauk Township, the type locality of the species. [1]
Hystrix paukensis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Hystricidae |
Genus: | Hystrix |
Species: | †H. paukensis
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Binomial name | |
†Hystrix paukensis Nishioka et al., 2011
|
Hystrix paukensis is an extinct Old World porcupine which existed during the late Miocene-early Pliocene in what is now Myanmar. It was described by Nishioka, et al. in 2011. The species epithet refers to Pauk Township, the type locality of the species. [1]