Hystrix indica (rodent)

Mass: 13 kg based on Alkon and Saltz 1988

Diet: browser based on Alkon and Saltz 1985

Abundance: 0.10 to 55.50% (median 2.42%)

Latitudinal range: 6.6° to 37.5°

Habitats: (10), Mediterranean woodland (1), desert/xeric shrubland (5), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (2), temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (6), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1)

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Found in 26 samples

Afghanistan: Nuristan Province

India: Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Valparai Plateau, Similipal Tiger Reserve (camera traps), Dachigam National Park, Bharatpur and Jagannathprasad, Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary (good habitat area), Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary (poor habitat area), Kunal - Period IB (Early Harappan - Layer 5) (Holocene), Vadnagar (Ghaskol Darwaza Area) (Holocene), Mitathal (Layer 2) (Holocene), Kotada Bhadli (Holocene), Badmal (Period IB) (Holocene)

Iran: Wezmeh Cave (Late Pleistocene), Golestan National Park

Israel: Shikma Biosphere Zone (spring), Shikma Biosphere Zone (summer), Shikma Biosphere Zone (winter)

Jordan: Dana Nature Reserve

Lebanon: Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve (spring)

Oman: Southwest Dhofar Mountains

Sri Lanka: Fa-Hien Lena Cave (Phase A) (Holocene), Fa-Hien Lena Cave (Phase B) (Holocene), Fa-Hien Lena Cave (Phase C) (Late Pleistocene), Fa-Hien Lena Cave (Phase D) (Late Pleistocene)

Yemen: Hawf

Size measurements:
♀ body mass15100 kgN = 6Alkon and Saltz 1988
♂ body mass12500 kgN = 9Alkon and Saltz 1988

See also Hystrix, Hystrix africaeaustralis, Hystrix brachyura, Hystrix crassispinis, Hystrix cristata, Hystrix kiangsenensis, Hystrix primigenia, Hystrix refossa, Hystrix sp., Hystrix sp. 1, Hystrix sp. 2, Hystrix spp.