The National Red List Project

NRLD - 23625 | Hystrix indica

Assessment ID
23625
Taxon name
Hystrix indica
Kerr, 1792
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Hystrix indica
Kerr, 1792
Common name(s)
English: Indian Crested Porcupine
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
rodentia
Family
hystricidae
Genus
Hystrix
Species
indica
Species authority
Kerr, 1792
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Israel
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Israel
Country ISO code(s)
ISR
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Least Concern
Abbreviated status
LC
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2004
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Dolev, A. and Perevolotsky, A. 2004. The Red Book: Vertebrates in Israel, INPA and SPNI Jerusalem, 318pp.
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii+30pp
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
No
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
20% of the global population is found in Israel
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
No information available
Publication
The Red Book : vertebrates in Israel
Dolev, A. and A. Perevolotsky. 2004. The Red Book: Vertebrates in Israel, INPA and SPNI, Jerusalem. 318pp.