Educational resources on Crested Porcupine

Crested Porcupine or Hystrix cristata is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Near Threatened . IUCN Profile of the Crested Porcupine

Academic web links for the Crested Porcupine.

ADW: Hystrix cristata: Information
The average head and body length of the crested porcupine is 600-930 mm, with a tail length of 80-170 mm (Nowak 1991). The head, neck, shoulders, limbs and underside of body are
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Hystrix_cristata.html

ADW: Hystricidae: Pictures
...thick-spined porcupine Hystrix crassispinis: North African crested porcupine Hystrix cristata: North African crested porcupine Hystrix cristata
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Hystricidae.html

ADW: Hystricidae: Specimens
Indian crested porcupine Hystrix indica : Indian crested porcupine Hystrix indica: Indian crested porcupine Hystrix indica: Indian crested porcupine Hystrix indica
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Hystricidae.html

ADW: Hystrix indica: Information
Hystrix indica Indian crested porcupine ... The Indian porcupine (Hystrix indica) is found throughout southeast and central
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Hystrix_indica.html

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North African Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata), captive
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/eva_hejda/stachelschweinface.jpg/view.html

animals
Mammals, such as the Smooth-Coated Otters, which once prowled the marches, are now thought to be extinct, while others such as the Indian Crested Porcupine, Bandicoot Rat, and
www.uvm.edu/~amoretti/nr260/animals.html

porcupinequills
An albino North African crested porcupine on the Hatch farms, Spokane, Washington yields pure white quills (Jeff Hatch, personal communication, 2006).
www.cst.cmich.edu/users/dietr1rv/zoogems/porcuquills.html

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What's in a Scientific Name? Authority Lists: Where We Get Our Names Name, Rank ... Hystrix cristata (North African crested porcupine)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/Grzimek_mammals/Hystricidae/Hystrix...

Lagniappe - San Antonio Zoo Photographs
Aardwolf Proteles cristatus Africa: African Crested Porcupine Hystrix cristata Africa, Asia, Italy, and Sicily: Ostrich Struthio camelus Africa
www.angelo.edu/faculty/kboudrea/lagniappe/pictures_san_antonio_zoo_2/pictures_san_antonio...

ADW: Hystrix: Pictures
North African crested porcupine Hystrix cristata : North African crested porcupine Hystrix cristata: Indian crested porcupine Hystrix indica: Indian crested porcupine
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Hystrix.html