Hystrix (Hystrix) indica Kerr 1792

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Hystricidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1542-1544 : 1543

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11330065

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Hystrix (Hystrix) indica Kerr 1792
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Hystrix (Hystrix) indica Kerr 1792 View in CoL

Hystrix (Hystrix) indica Kerr 1792 View in CoL , in: Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom: 213.

Type Locality: India.

Vernacular Names: Indian Crested Porcupine.

Synonyms: Hystrix (Hystrix) aharonii Müller 1911 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) blanfordi Müller 1911 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) cuneiceps Wroughton 1912 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) hirsutirostris Brandt 1835 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) leucurus Sykes 1831 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) malabarica Sclater 1865 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) mersinae Müller 1911 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) mesopotamica Müller 1911 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) narynensis Müller 1911 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) satunini Müller 1911 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) schmidtzi Müller 1911 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) zeylonensis Blyth 1851 .

Distribution: Transcaucasus; Asia Minor; Israel; Arabia to S Kazakhstan and India; Sri Lanka; Tibet ( China).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Locally common.

Discussion: 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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Hystricidae

Genus

Hystrix

Loc

Hystrix (Hystrix) indica Kerr 1792

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Hystrix (Hystrix) indica

Kerr 1792: 213
1792
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