Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis Peter 1852
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Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis Peter 1852
Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis Peter 1852 , Reise nach Mossambique, Saugethiere: 170.
Type Locality: Mozambique, Querimba coast and Tette, about 10 o 30’ to 12 o S, 40 o 30’E, sea level .
Vernacular Names: Cape Porcupine.
Subspecies: :
Subspecies Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis subsp. africaeaustralis Peter 1852
Subspecies Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis subsp. zuluensis Roberts 1936
Distribution: Mouth of the Congo River to Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, W and S Tanzania, Mozambique, and South Africa. Sympatric with H. cristata .
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common.
Discussion: Subgenus Hystrix . Revised by Corbet and Jones (1965); see Van Weers (1983).
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