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--> FAMILY Hystricidae
--> GENUS Hystrix
--> SUBGENUS Hystrix
SPECIES Hystrix (Hystrix) indica
Author: | Kerr, 1792. | Citation: | In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom: 213. | Common Name: | Indian Crested Porcupine | Type Locality: | India. | Distribution: | Transcaucasus; Asia Minor; Israel; Arabia to S Kazakhstan and India; Sri Lanka; Tibet (China). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Locally common. | Comments: | Subgenus Hystrix. Citation based on Smellie’s translation of Buffon (1781:206). Gromov and Baranova (1981:102) employed the name leucura for this species without reference to Kerr, 1792. |
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aharonii Müller, 1911 blanfordi Müller, 1911 cuneiceps Wroughton, 1912 hirsutirostris Brandt, 1835 leucurus Sykes, 1831 malabarica Sclater, 1865 mersinae Müller, 1911 mesopotamica Müller, 1911 narynensis Müller, 1911 satunini Müller, 1911 schmidtzi Müller, 1911 zeylonensis Blyth, 1851
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