Hystrix cristata - #4462
Crested Porcupine
Lateral view of skeleton standing.
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
Photographer
Josh Villemarette