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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scientific name	Hystrix (Hystrix) indica Kerr 1792
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Hystrix (Hystrix) indica Kerr 1792 , 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.