Malayan Porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)


The Malayan Porcupine, or East Asian Porcupine, is one of the largest of Southeast Asia's seven species of porcupine. It occurs in a wide range of habitats including primary and secondary forest, cultivated areas and plantations. The species appears to be almost exclusively nocturnal.


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