Mass: 13.0 kg based on Alkon and Saltz 1988

Latitudinal range: 6.6° to 37.5°

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

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

♀ body mass	15100 kg	N = 6	Alkon and Saltz 1988
♂ body mass	12500 kg	N = 9	Alkon 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.