Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 135, March 2016, pp. 1-20.

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The taxidermied Indian Crested Porcupine
(Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792) and the Crested
Porcupine (Hystrix cristata Linnaeus,
1758) in the Museums of the Holy City of
Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Occupied Palestine
‫النيص أو الشيهم في متاحف القدس الشريف ، فلسطين المحتلة‬
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By: Prof. Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher
Khalaf-Sakerfalke von Jaffa
I visited the Paulus-Haus Museum – Deutscher Verein vom Heiligen Lande in
Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Occupied Palestine on Wednesday 23 July 2014.
I saw the exhibited Ernst Schmitz collection of taxidermied animals including the
Indian Crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792).

The taxidermied Indian Crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792) at the Paulus-Haus
Museum – Deutscher Verein vom Heiligen Lande in Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Occupied
Palestine. Photo: Prof. Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher Khalaf-von Jaffa.
23.07.2014. https://www.flickr.com/photos/50022881@N00/15552090171/
Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 135 – March 2016