Thick-spined porcupine

Thick-spined porcupine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Hystricidae
Genus: Hystrix
Subgenus: Thecurus
Species: H. crassispinis
Binomial name
Hystrix crassispinis
(Günther, 1877)

The thick-spined porcupine (Hystrix crassispinis) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo and found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

References

  1. Helgen, K. & Lunde, D. (2008). Hystrix crassispinis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.


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