Sumatran porcupine

Sumatran porcupine
	Sumatran porcupine killed by a truck in central Sumatra
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Hystricidae
Genus:	Hystrix
Species:	H. sumatrae
Binomial name
	Hystrix sumatrae; (Lyon, 1907)

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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Amori, G.; Aplin, K. (2016). "Hystrix sumatrae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T10754A22231673. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10754A22231673.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

Woods, C. A.; Kilpatrick, C. W. (2005), "Hystricognathi", in Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1538–1600, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4

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Amori, G.; Aplin, K. (2016). "Hystrix sumatrae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T10754A22231673. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10754A22231673.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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Sumatran porcupine

Sumatran porcupine killed by a truck in central Sumatra
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Hystricidae
Genus:	Hystrix
Species:	H. sumatrae
Binomial name
*Hystrix sumatrae* (Lyon, 1907)