This article is about an African porcupine. For the headland in Canada, see Cape Porcupine, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Cape porcupine
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Hystricidae
Genus:
Hystrix
Species:
H. africaeaustralis
Binomial name
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Peters, 1852
range
The Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis), Cape crested porcupine or South African porcupine, is a species of Old World porcupine native to central and southern Africa.
^Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Hystrix africaeaustralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T10748A115099085. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T10748A22232321.en. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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