Indian crested porcupine
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The Indian crested porcupine is a hystricomorph rodent species in the Old World porcupine family, Hystricidae. It is native to West Asia and South Asia and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List
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Spines of an indian crested porcupine
Indian crested porcupine at Jodhpur, Rajasthan
In India
Old World porcupine
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The Old World porcupines, or Hystricidae, are large terrestrial rodents, distinguished by the spiny covering from which they take their name. They range over Southern Europe and the Levant, most of Af
Indian crested porcupine
…The Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica) is a hystricomorph rodent species in the Old World porcupine family, Hystricidae. It is native to West Asia and South Asia and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The Indian crested porcupine is a large…
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Relief of a porcupine in an Egyptian desert, detail of a wall fragment from the grave of Pehenuikai at Saqqara, Egypt, Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, c. 2500 BCE. Neues Museum, Berlin
African brush-tailed porcupine sold for meat in Cameroon