Sumatran Porcupine

Hystrix sumatrae

Order: Rodentia
Family: Hystricidae
Genus: Hystrix
IUCN status: LC
Distribution: Indonesia
Realm: Indomalaya

Other names: Sumatran Short-tailed Porcupine

About this species

Range: Endemic to Sumatra

The Sumatran porcupine is a rodent in the porcupine family (Hystricidae), endemic to Sumatra, where it is hunted for food (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of Sumatra guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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Sumatran Porcupine — CC-BY-2.0 — Dick Culbert — via Openverse (Flickr) (source)