Animals / Mammal

Cape porcupine

Hystrix africaeaustralis · Hystricidae

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

Where the Cape porcupine lives

Recorded in South Africa, Namibia, Angola and Botswana (Africa).

Most records fall in Western Cape, Limpopo, Northern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Free State.

See the Cape 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 5,305 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.