Sumatran porcupine

The Sumatran porcupine (Hystrix sumatrae) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where it is hunted for food.^[1]

Sumatran porcupine
Sumatran porcupine killed by a truck in central Sumatra
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Hystricidae
Genus:	Hystrix
Species:	H. sumatrae
Binomial name
Hystrix sumatrae (Lyon, 1907)