Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:56.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Asia", restricted to near Rome, Italy by Thomas (1911a:141) .

DISTRIBUTION: Morocco to Egypt; Senegal to Ethiopia and N Tanzania; Sicily, Italy, Albania, and N Greece (European populations possibly introduced). Sympatric with H. africaeaustralis in central Africa.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Ghana).

SYNONYMS: aerulal?), cuvieri, daubentoni, europaea, goleata, occidanea, senegalica.

COMMENTS: In subgenus Hystrix . Includes goleata; see Corbet (1978c:159) and Corbet and Jones (1965). Allen (1939:441) commented on the status of cuvieri in N Africa.