Where to see the Indian Crested Porcupine

Hystrix indica · mammal · Hystricidae

Indian Crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica) is recorded in 28 protected areas and wildlife sites across 4 countries in our database. The places with the strongest evidence are Anaimalai Tiger Reserve (India), Shemurat Naẖal Soreq (Israel) and Mount Carmel National Park (Israel).

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Where is the best place to see the Indian Crested Porcupine?

Based on GBIF records and our guides, the best-documented places to see the Indian Crested Porcupine are Anaimalai Tiger Reserve (India), Shemurat Naẖal Soreq (Israel) and Mount Carmel National Park (Israel). Most sites are in Israel (15), India (7) and Nepal (4). It appears in 3 trip reports in our library.

Top 25 places for the Indian Crested Porcupine

#	Place	Country	GBIF records	Years	Evidence
1	Anaimalai Tiger Reserve	India	109	2005–2026	Recorded on GBIF
2	Shemurat Naẖal Soreq	Israel	81	2012	Recorded on GBIF
3	Mount Carmel National Park	Israel	65	2012–2025	Recorded on GBIF
4	Har HaTayasim Nature Reserve	Israel	46	2012–2013	Recorded on GBIF
5	Mount Horshan Reserve	Israel	45	2013	Recorded on GBIF
6	Shemurat Har Meron	Israel	42	2012	Recorded on GBIF
7	Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary	India	–	–	Reported by our guide
8	Daroji Bear Sanctuary (south)	India	–	–	Reported by our guide
9	Adulam Grove Nature Reserve	Israel	33	2012	Recorded on GBIF
10	محمية جبل الكرمل	Israel	31	2012–2020	Recorded on GBIF
11	Nahal Kadesh Nature Reserve	Israel	26	2012	Recorded on GBIF
12	Banke National Park	Nepal	18	2016–2021	Recorded on GBIF
13	Chitwan National Park	Nepal	11	–	Recorded on GBIF
14	محمية وادي كزيف	Israel	11	2012	Recorded on GBIF
15	Monfourt National Park	Israel	11	2012	Recorded on GBIF
16	Shukla Phanta National Park	Nepal	10	1905	Recorded on GBIF
17	Gva'ot Gad Nature Reserve	Israel	10	2013	Recorded on GBIF
18	Bardiya National Park	Nepal	8	–	Recorded on GBIF
19	Asola-Bhatti WLS ESZ	India	6	2022	Recorded on GBIF
20	Ma'ayan Harod National Park	Israel	4	2014	Recorded on GBIF
21	Har Yavne'el Nature Reserve	Israel	4	2014	Recorded on GBIF
22	Parambikulam Tiger Reserve	India	4	2006–2017	Recorded on GBIF
23	Anamalai Tiger Reserve ESZ (Proposed)	India	3	2016–2026	Recorded on GBIF
24	Nagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve	India	3	2003–2019	Recorded on GBIF
25	Shmurat Tel Qeriyyot	Israel	3	2014	Recorded on GBIF

3 more places in the interactive map.

By country

Israel: 15, India: 7, Nepal: 4 and Turkey: 2.

Seen on trips

The Indian Crested Porcupine is recorded in these trip reports:

South India Mammal Watching Trip Report, April-May 2017: Royle Safaris — Royle Safaris
Kanha, Kaziranga and Chitwan Mammal Watching Trip Report, January 2014: Royle Safaris — Royle Safaris
Satpura, Bandhavgarh and Panna Mammal Watching Trip Report, January 2013: Royle Safaris — Royle Safaris

Tours that have recorded it

Western Ghats Rare & Endemic Wildlife Tour — Royle Safaris
Kanha, Kaziranga & Chitwan Safari — Royle Safaris
Satpura & Panna Tiger Safari — Royle Safaris

In our guides

Read the full species account in our Sri Lanka guide, India guide, Nepal guide, China guide.

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Make a field guide for Anaimalai Tiger Reserve

Photo: Mark, CC BY 4.0.

GBIF downloads: India, Israel, Nepal, Turkey.

Data last updated 2026-11-05. Species–place links come from GBIF occurrence downloads (GBIF.org) matched to protected-area boundaries from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and other open boundary sources, plus places listed by our own guides. Record counts are what has been reported to GBIF, not population sizes. Reptiles and amphibians are never shown at park level. How this database works · Data sources and limits.