Sumatran porcupine
Species of rodent
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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.[1]
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| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Hystrix sumatrae (Lyon, 1907) | |
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