Hystrix africaeaustralis Hystrix brachyura Hystrix crassispinis Hystrix cristata Hystrix indica Hystrix javanica Hystrix pumila Hystrix sumatrae Hystrix is a genus of porcupines containing most of the Old World porcupines.

Fossils belonging to the genus date back to the late Miocene of Africa.

[1] Hystrix (from Ancient Greek ὕστριξ (hústrix, “porcupine”) was given name by the 18th-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.