Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon

Genus Atherura — The Long-Tailed Porcupine

Nasal part of skull moderate; upper molars with one internal and three or four external folds, the latter soon separated as enamel loops; the lower teeth similar but reversed; the spines are flattened and channelled; the tail long and scaly, with a tuft of bristles at the end.