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Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758

Crested Porcupines
Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758; , TS: Hystrix cristatus
Histrix
Acanthion
Oedocephalus

Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792

Asia Minor, Palestine, Arabia, Turkestan, India, Sri Lanka. See [About maps] Indian Crested Porcupine
Hystrix cristata var. indica Kerr, 1792; (India)
aharonii; (Palestine)
hirsutirostris; (SW. of Caspian Sea)
leucurus
mersinae; (Asia Minor)
mesopotamica
naryensis; (Kirgizia)
satunini; (Turkmenia)
schmidtzi

Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758

N.Africa (Morocco - Libya), Sicily, Italy, South of Sahara (Senegal - Ethiopia), N.Tanzania. See [About maps] North African Crested Porcupine
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758; (Italy)
europaea
alba
cuvieri; (N. Africa)
?daubentoni
occidanea
galeata; (E. Africa)

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