Sumatran porcupine
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| Sumatran porcupine killed by a truck in central Sumatra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Hystricidae |
| Genus: | Hystrix |
| Species: | H. sumatrae
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| Binomial name | |
| Hystrix sumatrae (Lyon, 1907)
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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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Aplin, K.; Frost, A.; Amori, G. & Lunde, D. (2008). "Hystrix sumatrae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
Further reading[]
- Woods, C. A.; Kilpatrick, C. W. (2005), "Hystricognathi", in Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.), 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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- IUCN Red List least concern species
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