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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Witstaartstekelvarken
Common Names in English:
Indian Crested Porcupine
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,513 meters (0 to 8,245 feet).[1]
Ecology:
This species has a broad habitat
tolerance, occupying rocky hillsides,
tropical
and temperate
shrubland, grasslands, forests
, arable land
,
plantations, and gardens.[2].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 3.6 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
- 4 Grassland
- 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land
- 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Hystricognatha
()
- Woods, 1976
- Infraorder:
Hystricognathi
()
- Tullberg, 1899
- Family:
Hystricidae
()
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Hystricinae
()
- Genus:
Hystrix
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
indica
- Kerr, 1792
- Scientific name: - Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792
- Specific name:
indica
- Kerr, 1792
- Genus:
Hystrix
(
- Subfamily:
Hystricinae
(
- Family:
Hystricidae
(
- Infraorder:
Hystricognathi
(
- Suborder:
Hystricognatha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 19-Apr-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Hystrix
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
H. africaeaustralis (Southern African Porcupine) · H. brachyura (Himalayan Crestless Porcupine) · H. crassispinis (Bornean Porcupine) · H. cristata (Crested Porcupine;african Porcupine) · H. cristata cristata (Crested Porcupine) · H. indica (Indian Crested Porcupine) · H. javanica (Malaysian Short-Tailed Porcupine) · H. pumila (Phillipine Porcupine) · H. sumatrae (Sumatran Short-Tailed Porcupine)
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Further Reading
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- A study of the mammals of Iran: resulting from the Street Expedition of 1962-63 [by] Douglas M. Lay. 54 1967 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1967. url fig. 6 , p. 201, p. 278, p. 58, p. 60, p. 75, p. 76, p. 85, p. 98.
- A survey of the mammals of Afghanistan, resulting from the 1965 Street Expedition (excluding bats) [by] Jerry D. Hassinger. 60 1973 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1973. url p. 115, p. x.
- An environmental profile of the Black Sea Coast WCMC url p. 100.
- Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 355.
- Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1966. url p. 518, p. 519, p. 518, p. 519.
- Directory of Wetlands of International Importance. IUCN url p. 304, p. 769.
- Directory of the proposed Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve: draft WCMC url , .
- IUCN Directory of South Asian Protected Areas IUCN url p. 199, p. 21, p. 221, p. 229, p. 240, p. 257, p. 287, p. 29.
- Introduction to the mammal survey of the 1965 Street Expedition to Afghanistan [by] Jerry D. Hassinger. 55 1968 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1968. url p. 62.
- Nature Reserves of the Himalaya and the Mountains of Central Asia IUCN url p. 172, p. 177, p. 188, p. 190, p. 220, p. 223, p. 227, p. 284, p. 345, p. 359, p. 366, p. 372, p. 465.
- Protected Landscapes: experience around the world. Prepared for the International Symposium on Protected Landscapes, Grange-over-Sands, England 5-10 October 1987 IUCN url p. 203.
- Siphonaptera collected during the 1965 Street Expedition to Afghanistan [by] Robert E. Lewis. 64 1973 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1973. url p. 11, p. 12.
- The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai) / Dale J. Osborn, Ibrahim Helmy. 5 1980 [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1980. url p. 53.
- The mammals of the Caucasus; a history of the evolution of the fauna. (Mlekopitayushchie Kavkaza; istoriya formirovaniya fauny). [By] N. K. Vereskchagin. Chief editor: E. N. Pavlovskii. Editor of this volume: A. A. Strelkov. Translated from Russian [by A. Lerman and B. Rabinovich. Edited by M. Loeb] Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations [available from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va.], 1967. url p. 473.
- Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. München: Die Staatssammlung, url p. 114, p. 195, p. 219.
Notes
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Contributors
- Amori, G., Hutterer, R., Kryštufek, B., Yigit, N., Mitsain, G. & Muñoz, L.J.P. 2008. Hystrix indica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- Baillie, J. 1996. Hystrix indica. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Baillie, J. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 06, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 06, 2008:
- Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 106387
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-584682
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13837947
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 584682
- IUCN ID: 215908
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6072
Footnotes
- Mean = 352.290 meters (1,155.807 feet), Standard Deviation = 329.550 based on 606 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Amori, G., Hutterer, R., Kryštufek, B., Yigit, N., Mitsain, G. & Muñoz, L.J.P. 2008. Hystrix indica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
