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]
References
- ^ Nishioka, Yuichiro; Maung-Thein, Zin-Maung; Egi, Naoko; Tsubamoto, Takehisa; Nishimura, Takeshi; Ito, Tsuyoshi; Thaung-Htike; Takai, Masanaru (2011). "New Hystrix (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the late Miocene/early Pliocene of Myanmar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (4): 919–924. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.580809.