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. 2024 May;19(3):548-563.
doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12754. Epub 2023 Aug 2.

A new Late Miocene Hystrix (Hystricidae, Rodentia) from Turkey

Kazım Halaçlar  1   2 , Ayla Sevim Erol  3 , Tolga Köroğlu  3 , Paul Rummy  2 , Tao Deng  2 , Serdar Mayda  1   4
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A new Late Miocene Hystrix (Hystricidae, Rodentia) from Turkey

Kazım Halaçlar et al. Integr Zool. 2024 May.

Abstract

The Çorakyerler fossil locality in Anatolia reveals unique faunal elements. This study introduces Hystrix kayae sp. nov., a new Late Miocene porcupine initially classified as Hystrix sp. Yavuz et al., 2018. This finding expands our knowledge of Late Miocene Anatolian porcupines, bringing the total number of known species to three. H. kayae sp. nov. is larger than Hystrix aryanensis and exhibits greater upper cheek tooth crown height. Its cheek tooth morphology differs from Hystrix depereti, and it possesses distinctive U-shaped choanae unlike Hystrix primigenia. The Çorakyerler locality may predate sites with H. aryanensis and H. primigenia but aligns temporally with Hystrix parvae localities. This study enhances our understanding of Late Miocene porcupine diversity in Anatolia, emphasizing the importance of Çorakyerler in unraveling the evolutionary history of these fascinating mammals.

Keywords: Hystrix; Late Miocene; Turkey; paleobiogeography; Çorakyerler.

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