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    Species Accepted

    Hystrix (Hystrix) cristata Linnaeus, 1758

    African Crested Porcupine

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      45 results
      African Crested Porcupine English
      Amiyok Dinka
      Crested Porcupine English
      Dahsánítsoh Navajo
      European Porcupine English
      Gewohnliches Stachelschwein German
      Gewoon Stekelvarken Dutch
      Gewöhnliches Stachelschwein German
      Hulepindsvin Danish
      Hüstrid Volapük

      Treatments

      6 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      8 results
      Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1993). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd Ed., 3rd Printing.
      Observation.org contributors. 2018. "Download species lists". Observation.org, Nature observations form around the world. est. 2008. Hisko de Vries (man). Observation International Foundation. https://observation.org/download.php?lang=en&local=xx
      https://eol.org/pages/326521
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005). Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd Ed., Vol. 2.
      Wilson, Don E., T. E. Lacher Jr., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds. (2016). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I.
      Suomen Lajitietokeskus. https://laji.fi
      Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.56

      Citation

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