| Cape porcupine | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Hystricidae |
| Genus: | Hystrix |
| Species: | H. africaeaustralis
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| Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters, 1852
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range
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The Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis), Cape crested porcupine or South African porcupine, is a species of Old World porcupine native to central and southern Africa.
- ^ Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Hystrix africaeaustralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T10748A115099085. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T10748A22232321.en. Retrieved 18 January 2024.