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Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)
Subject: Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)
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Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)


Two porcupines in a camera-trapped seed plot in Pakke, Arunachal Pradesh.
Date 12 March 2012
Author Swati Sidhu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bheinskitang
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Himlayan_crestless_porcupine.jpg

The Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is extant in South and Southeast Asia.

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Scientific Name: Hystrix brachyura Linnaeus, 1758
Common Names: Malayan Porcupine, Himalayan Crestless Porcupine; [French] Porc-épic de Malaisie
Synonyms: Acanthion brachyura; Hystrix brachyurum;

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