Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Class Mammalia > Subclass Eutheria > Order Rodentia > Suborder Hystricognathi > Family Hystricidae > Genus Hystrix

Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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*Hystrix*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

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Bulgarian: Bodlivo svinche; Бодливо свинче sources: Bulgarian PESI focal point

Danish: Hulepindsvin

Dutch: Stekelvarken

English: Crested porcupine sources: Domina, Gianniantonio (University Palermo, Department Botanical Sciences (DPCE))

English-United States: Crested porcupine; European Porcupine sources: Charles Hussey

French: Porc-épic à crête

German: Stachelschwein sources: german PESI focal point

Greek: Ακανθόχοιρος

Italian: Istrice sources: italian PESI focal point

Lithuanian: paprastasis dygliatriušis sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point

Russian: дикобраз sources: Russian PESI focal point

Slovak: Dikobraz európsky

Slovenian: afriški ježevec sources: Slovenian PESI focal point

Spanish, Castillian: Puercoespín sources: spanish PESI focal point

Turkish: Bayağı oklu kirpi; Oklu kirpi sources: Turkish PESI focal point

Ukrainian: Дикобраз африканський sources: Ukranian PESI focal point

Welsh: porciwpein cribog

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Citation

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305554

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2005-01-25 by Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz

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