Malayan porcupine
| Malayan porcupine | |
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| Malayan porcupine in Kaeng Krachan National Park | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Hystricidae |
| Genus: | Hystrix |
| Subgenus: | Acanthion |
| Species: | H. brachyura
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| Binomial name | |
| Hystrix brachyura | |
| Subspecies | |
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H. b. brachyura | |
The Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. Three subspecies are extant in South and Southeast Asia.