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Where does the Indian Crested Porcupine live?

Hystrix indica has 19,904 records in 25 countries and territories, from 1905 to 2026. Most records come from Israel.

Indian Crested Porcupine
Indian Crested Porcupine — Photo: Rufus46 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaHystricidaeHystrix

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19052026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Israel 17,430
Uzbekistan 1,103
India 905
Sri Lanka 58
Türkiye 58
Nepal 57
Iran 53
Palestine 41
Pakistan 33
Afghanistan 32
Kazakhstan 21
Syria 21
Georgia 20
Armenia 19
Lebanon 13
Tajikistan 9
Thailand 8
Oman 7
Iraq 6
Kyrgyzstan 3
Jordan 2
Saudi Arabia 2
United Arab Emirates 1
Azerbaijan 1
Italy 1
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.