TY - JOUR T1 - New Locality Record for Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792 in Afyonkarahisar Province, Türkiye TT - Hint Oklu Kirpisinin Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792 Afyonkarahisar ilinde Yeni Lokalite kaydı, Türkiye AU - Aksan, Şengül PY - 2025 DA - April Y2 - 2025 DO - 10.24180/ijaws.1559352 JF - Uluslararası Tarım ve Yaban Hayatı Bilimleri Dergisi PB - Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi WT - DergiPark SN - 2149-8245 SP - 95 EP - 104 VL - 11 IS - 1 LA - en AB - The Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica, Kerr, 1792) is a large rodent species that is listed as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List at the international level and is listed as Endangered category (EN) in Türkiye. The presence of the Indian crested porcupine was determined in Sandıklı region of Afyonkarahisar province and the first locality record was given in this study for this province. The study was carried out using direct and indirect observation techniques. 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