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Crested porcupine
Crested porcupine in captivity
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Hystricidae
Genus:
Hystrix
Species:
H. cristata
Binomial name
Hystrix cristata
Linnaeus, 1758
range
Skeleton, Museum of Osteology
The crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata), also known as the African crested porcupine, is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae native to Italy, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.[1][2]
^ abAmori, G. & De Smet, K. (2016). "Hystrix cristata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T10746A22232484. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10746A22232484.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Species Hystrix (Hystrix) cristata". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1543. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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