Cape porcupine: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Cape porcupine lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Hystrix africaeaustralis
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	Africa
Mass	370 g (birth weight); 15.4 kg (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Hystricidae

Where does the Cape porcupine live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Cape porcupine in 4 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a Cape porcupine?

Wikidata records the following for the Cape porcupine: mass 370 g (birth weight); 15.4 kg (adult weight).

Is the Cape porcupine endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Cape porcupine?

The Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Hystricidae, genus Hystrix. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Cape porcupine

The Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis), Cape crested porcupine or South African porcupine, is a species of Old World porcupine native to central and southern Africa.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Cape porcupine (revision 1373943708), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q844420 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).