Hystrix brevirostra: A new species of Porcupine from the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene of Gansu Province, China.
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Old World Porcupines, Hystrix spp., are some of the Old World largest Rodents ranging from Late Miocene to recent. Until recently Hystrix fossils have been recorded mostly from European Neogene–Quaternay and Asian Quaternary, with only a few from Neogene of Asia. In the last decades records of Neogene Hystrix from China have been slowly accumulated. Just recently, some new and well preserved Hystrix fossils, including 4 skulls, two of them with their mandibles, were collected from Neogene deposits in Linxia Basin. This is the best Neogene material of Hystrix so far known from Eurasia. Detailed study of these fossils shows that they not only represent a new species, but also enhance our understanding of Hystrix as a whole.
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Molars only. No canines or incisors. I wonder how they gnawed.
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