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The Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica) is a hystricomorph rodent species native to southern Asia and the Middle East. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List . It belongs to the Old World porcupine family, Hystricidae.
Hystrix africaeaustralis - Cape porcupine; Hystrix cristata - African crested porcupine; Hystrix indica - Indian crested porcupine; Subgenus Acanthion. Hystrix brachyura - Malayan porcupine or Himalayan crestless porcupine; Hystrix javanica - Sunda porcupine; Subgenus Thecurus. Hystrix crassispinis - thick-spined porcupine; Hystrix pumila ...
Most rodents are small though the porcupines can weigh up to 20 kg (44 lb). Suborder: Hystricognathi. Family: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) Genus: Hystrix. Indian crested porcupine, H. indica LC [1] Suborder: Sciurognathi. Family: Sciuridae (squirrels) Subfamily: Sciurinae. Tribe: Sciurini. Genus: Sciurus. Caucasian squirrel, S. anomalus LC
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The crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata), a typical representative of the Old World porcupines, occurs throughout the south of Europe and North and West Africa. It is replaced in southern and central Africa by the Cape porcupine, H. africaeaustralis, and in India by the Malayan porcupine (H. brachyura) and Indian (crested) porcupine (H. indica).
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H. indica may refer to: Heterorhabditis indica, a nematode species; Hyophorbe indica, the palmiste poison or palmier bâtard, a flowering plant species; Hystrix indica, the Indian crested porcupine, an Old World porcupine species
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Israel.There are ninety-seven mammal species in Israel, of which one is critically endangered, four are endangered, eleven are vulnerable, and three are near threatened.