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

3 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@N00/14936456323/ The next day, on Thursday 24 July 2014, I visited accompanied with the researcher Mr. Daoud Al-Hali the Terra Sancta College – Terra Sancta Secondary Boys School in Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Occupied Palestine, and visited the Natural Sciences Museum which exhibit many taxidermied animal specimens including the Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758). On Sunday 27 July 2014, I visited accompanied with the researcher Mr. Daoud Al-Hali the Natural History Museum in Al-Baq’a Suburb, West Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine. It exhibited many taxidermied Palestinian animal specimens including the Indian Crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792). Indian Crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 135 – March 2016

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