Hystrix cristata - #2243
Crested Porcupine
Geographic Distribution
Morocco to Egypt; Senegal to Ethiopia and N Tanzania; Sicily, Italy, Albania, and N Greece (European population possibly introduced). Sympatric with H. africaeaustralis in C Africa.
Order/Family
Hystricidae
Genus
Hystrix
Specific Epithet
cristata
Image Location
Zambia, South Luangwa National Park
Image Date
19 September 2006
Photographer
P Perry