Hystrix sumatrae
| Sumatran porcupine | |
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| Sumatran porcupine killed by a truck in central Sumatra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Hystricidae |
| Genus: | Hystrix |
| Species: | H. sumatrae |
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Hystrix sumatrae (Lyon, 1907) |
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The Sumatran porcupine (Hystrix sumatrae) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where it is hunted for food.
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