Hystrix (Hystrix) cristata Linnaeus 1758
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Hystrix (Hystrix) cristata Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL
Hystrix (Hystrix) cristata Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 56 View Cited Treatment .
Type Locality: "Asia", restricted to near Rome, Italy by Thomas (1911 a:141) .
Vernacular Names: Crested Porcupine.
Synonyms: Hystrix (Hystrix) aerula Thomas 1925 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) ambigua Lonnberg 1908 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) conradsi Muller 1910 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) cuvieri Gray 1847 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) daubentoni Cuvier 1822 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) europaea Kerr 1792 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) galeata Thomas 1893 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) lademanni Muller 1910 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) lonnbergi Muller 1910 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) occidanea Cabrera 1924 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) senegalica Cuvier 1822 ; Hystrix (Hystrix) somalensis Lonnberg 1912 .
Distribution: Morocco to Egypt; Senegal to Ethiopia and N Tanzania; Sicily, Italy, Albania, and N Greece (European population possibly introduced). Sympatric with H. africaeaustralis in C Africa.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( Ghana); IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Discussion: Subgenus Hystrix . Includes galeata ; see Corbet (1978 c:159) and Corbet and Jones (1965). Allen (1939:441) commented on the status of cuvieri in N Africa. Karyotype has 2n=60-66 and FN=112-116 ( George, 1980; George and Weir, 1974).
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Hystrix (Hystrix) cristata Linnaeus 1758
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