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HystricidaeOld World porcupines

- African brush-tailed porcupine
  Atherurus africanus
- Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine
  Atherurus macrourus
- Cape porcupine
  Hystrix africaeaustralis
- Cape porcupine
  Hystrix africaeaustralis
- Cape porcupine
  Hystrix africaeaustralis
- Cape porcupine
  Hystrix africaeaustralis
- Cape porcupine
  Hystrix africaeaustralis
- Cape porcupine
  Hystrix africaeaustralis
- Cape porcupine
  Hystrix africaeaustralis
- Cape porcupine
  Hystrix africaeaustralis
- Cape porcupine
  Hystrix africaeaustralis
- Malayan porcupine
  Hystrix brachyura
- thick-spined porcupine
  Hystrix crassispinis
- North African crested porcupine
  Hystrix cristata
- North African crested porcupine
  Hystrix cristata

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Kingdom Animalia animals
Phylum Chordata chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates
Class Mammalia mammals
Order Rodentia rodents
Family Hystricidae Old World porcupines

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