Sumatran porcupine
| Sumatran Porcupine | |
|---|---|
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| Sumatran porcupine killed by a truck in central Sumatra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Hystricidae |
| Genus: | Hystrix |
| Subgenus: | Thecurus |
| Species: | H. sumatrae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hystrix sumatrae (Lyon, 1907) | |
The Sumatran porcupine (Hystrix sumatrae) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where it is hunted for food.[1]
References
- 1 2 Aplin, K.; Frost, A.; Amori, G. & Lunde, D. (2008). "Hystrix sumatrae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
Further reading
- Woods, C. A.; Kilpatrick, C. W. (2005), "Hystricognathi", in Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1538–1600, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4
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