African brush-tailed porcupine

Atherurus africanus · Hystricidae

The African brush-tailed porcupine is a species of rat-like Old World porcupine, indigenous to a broad belt of Africa ranging from Guinea on the west coast to Kenya on the east. This is a common species with a very wide range, and despite it being used extensively for bushmeat, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".

Where the African brush-tailed porcupine lives

Recorded in Dem. Rep. Congo, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Eq. Guinea, Cameroon, Liberia, Central African Rep., Gabon, Nigeria and Congo (Africa).

Most records fall in Orientale, Eastern, Kindia, Centro Sur, Western and Mbomou.

See the African brush-tailed porcupine’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 788 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.