Malayan porcupine: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Malayan porcupine Hystrix brachyura Least concern

Where the Malayan porcupine lives – recorded in 5 countries, 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 630 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Malayan porcupine: Hystrix brachyura — Photo: Modified from original source by User:Prashanthns, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name	Hystrix brachyura
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Hystricidae

Where does the Malayan porcupine live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Malayan porcupine in 5 countries and territories across Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Guangdong.

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.

Is the Malayan porcupine endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Malayan porcupine?

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

About the Malayan porcupine

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

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Malayan porcupine (revision 1371482361), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q549826 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).