Taxon profile

species

Indian Crested Porcupine
Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Mammalia - mammals » order Rodentia - rodents » family Hystricidae - old world porcupines » genus Hystrix - porcupines

Scientific synonyms

Hystrix hirsutirostris (Sykes, 1831)
Hystrix leucura (Brandt, 1835)

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IUCN category:	Least Concern

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Taxon in country check-lists

Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan ^?, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan ^?, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ^?, Yemen

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Intertaxon relationships

parasite: Monodontus bainae Kalia & Gupta, 1983

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 2

subspecies Hystrix indica indica

subspecies Hystrix indica leucurus - Caucasian Porcupine

Links and literature

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [10751] [as Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26

Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05

Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792]

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