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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Hystricidae
--> GENUS Hystrix
--> SUBGENUS Hystrix
SPECIES Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis
| Author: | Peter, 1852. | | Citation: | Reise nach Mossambique, Säugeth.: 170. | | Common Name: | Cape Porcupine | | Type Locality: | Mozambique, Querimba coast and Tette, about 10o30’ to 12oS, 40o30’E, sea level. | | Distribution: | Mouth of the Congo River to Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, W and S Tanzania, Mozambique, and South Africa. Sympatric with H. cristata. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common. | | Comments: | Subgenus Hystrix. Revised by Corbet and Jones (1965); see Van Weers (1983). |
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