Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758

Denys, Christiane, Missoup, Alain Didier, Nicolas, Violaine, Sylla, Morlaye, Douno, Mory, Kadjo, Blaise, Lalis, Aude & Monadjem, Ara, 2025, Annotated checklist of rodents from a biodiversity hotspot, Mount Nimba (West Africa), Zoosystema 47 (27), pp. 617-689 : 658

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a27
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AF6A7887-54B4-466B-B2CB-BB0BE3B98338
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17441494
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087E9-9F4E-4707-0CE1-FDD4FC468064
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758
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Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758: 56 .

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Misonne & Verschuren (1976) reported this species presence on the basis of spines collected in small caves near Grassfield on the Liberian side of the mountain. We were unable to detect any signs of this species during our surveys. Grubb et al. (1998) reported the presence of Hystrix in Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia where it was found in woodland and savanna habitats. This species was not mentioned as bushmeat by Bene et al. (2013) but Dufour (2006) mentioned the capture of one individual in Zouguépo.

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Liliopsida
Order	Poales
Family	Poaceae
Genus	Hystrix