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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> 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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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
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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