Hystrix cristata - #563
Crested Porcupine
Side view, captive from Ethiopia
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
Riverbanks Zool. Park, Columbia, SC, USA
Image Date
1977
Photographer
A H Shoemaker