Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine Atherurus macrourus Least concern

Where the Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine lives, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 5 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Atherurus macrourus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Hystricidae

Is the Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine endangered?

The Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine?

The Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus macrourus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Hystricidae, genus Atherurus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine

The Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus macrourus) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine (revision 1371477503), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q301888 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).