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.
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