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Sweden,Nepal,Czech Republic,Indonesia,Portugal,Japan,Latvia,Turkey,Tunisia,Morocco, Bangladesh,Croatia,Great Britain,Slovenia,Israel,India,Malta,Algeria,Taiwan,Serbia and Montenegro, Laos,Azerbaijan,Bulgaria,Lebanon,Iraq,Thailand,Singapore,Belarus,Netherlands,Vietnam, Ukraine,Romania,Greece,Germany,San Marino,Belgium,Monaco,Palestine,Uzbekistan,France, United Arab Emirates,Malaysia,Cambodia,Libya,North Korea,Syria,Mongolia,Hungary,Liechtenstein,Pakistan, Hong Kong,Macao,Sri Lanka,China,Gibraltar,Estonia,Armenia,Saudi Arabia,Oman,Turkmenistan, Ireland,Qatar,Philippines,Bosnia-Herzegovina,Slovakia,Tajikistan,South Korea,Solomon Islands,Poland,Moldova, Spain,Egypt,Australia,Macedonia,Switzerland,Lithuania,Norway,Cyprus,Luxembourg,Papua New Guinea, Iran,Mauritania,Kyrgyzstan,Russia,Finland,Austria,Kazakhstan,Jordan,Italy,Bhutan, Myanmar,Bahrain,Kuwait,Georgia,Sudan,Afghanistan,Denmark,Senegal,Andorra,Albania,
IOU 3.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Range
ispida
s Norway, the British Isles and n Spain to w Russia
atthis
s Spain and n Africa east to c Siberia, nw China and nw India
bengalensis
c India to se Siberia, Japan and se Asia
taprobana
s India and Sri Lanka
floresiana
Lesser Sundas
hispidoides
Sulawesi, Moluccas, w Papuan islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. and Louisiade Arch.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
