🐭Indian crested porcupine
The Indian crested porcupine is a hystricomorph rodent species in the Old World porcupine family, Hystricidae. It is native to West Asia and South Asia and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 17 kg
- Body length
- 0.84 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 27 years
Everything we know about the Indian crested porcupine
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass17 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 20 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.84 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass46 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan27 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 27 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length7.37 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation113 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 113 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.05 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density4 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l17 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Indian crested porcupine yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familyHystricidae
- ›genusHystrix
- ›speciesHystrix indica
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- familyHystricidae
- genusHystrix
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderHystricomorpha
- familyHystricidae
- genusHystrix
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