Hystrix brachyura punungensis Van Weers, 2003
Punung porcupine (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 80,000 yBP (Long et al. 1996)
Distribution
Java, Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: SMF/PA/F6639 ("Fragment of the right ramus mandibularis")
Media
References
Original scientific description:
van Weers, D. J. (2003). The porcupine Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura punungensis subsp. nov. from Late Pleistocene fissure deposits near Punung, Java. Scripta Geol. 126: 217-225.
Other references:
Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]
Long, V. T., Vos, J. de and Ciochon, R. L. (1996). The fossil mammal fauna of the Lang Trang Caves, Vietnam, compared with southeast Asian fossil and recent mammal faunas: the geographical implications. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Bulletin 14 (Chiang Mai Papers 1): 101-109.
van Weers, D. J. (2005). A taxonomic revision of the Pleistocene Hystrix (Hystricidae, Rodentia) from Eurasia with notes on the evolution of the family. Contributions to Zoology 74(3-4): 301-312.