Hystricidae
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Histricomorpha |
| Family: | Hystricidae |
- Genus
- species -- Common Name
- Atherurus
- africanus, macrourus -- Brush-tailed Porcupine
- Hystrix Acanthian
- braachyura, javanica -- Old World Porcupine
- Hystrix Hystrix
- africaeaustralis, cristata, indica -- Old World Porcupine
- Hystrix Thecurus
- crassispinus, pumila, sumatrae -- Old World Porcupine
- Trichys
- fasciculata -- Long-tailed Porcupine
