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--> FAMILY Hystricidae
--> GENUS Atherurus
SPECIES Atherurus africanus
Author: | Gray, 1842. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat Hist., [ser. 1], 10: 261. | Common Name: | African Brush-tailed Porcupine | Type Locality: | Sierra Leone. | Distribution: | Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Dem. Rep. Congo, Kenya, Uganda, S Sudan. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Includes centralis and turneri; see Misonne (1974:8). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
armata Gervais, 1854 burrowsi Thomas, 1902 centralis Thomas, 1895 turneri St. Leger, 1932
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