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Sumatran porcupine
Species of rodent / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1]
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Sumatran porcupine | |
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Sumatran porcupine killed by a truck in central Sumatra | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
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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