Cape porcupine
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This article is about an African porcupine. For the headland in Canada, see Cape Porcupine, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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.
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Cape porcupine | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Hystricidae |
Genus: | Hystrix |
Species: | H. africaeaustralis |
Binomial name | |
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters, 1852 | |
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