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Malayan porcupine
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Hystricidae
Species : Hystrix brachyura
The Malayan porcupine is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Malayan porcupine
A young / baby of a Malayan porcupine is called a 'pup'. The females are called 'sow' and males 'boar'. A Malayan porcupine group is called a 'prickle or family'.Countries
Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
Facts about the Malayan porcupine
Malayan Porcupine or Hystrix brachyura is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to A1d.
The Malayan porcupine is one of the largest rodent that inhabits the forests of Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo. (Full text)
1. Malay, Malayan -- (a member of a people inhabiting the N Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the W Malay Archipelago)Malay
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