Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis Peter 1852

Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis Peter 1852, Reise nach Mossambique, Saugethiere: 170.

Type Locality: Mozambique, Querimba coast and Tette, about 10 o 30’ to 12 o S, 40 o 30’E, sea level .

Vernacular Names: Cape Porcupine.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis subsp. africaeaustralis Peter 1852

Subspecies Hystrix (Hystrix) africaeaustralis subsp. zuluensis Roberts 1936

Distribution: Mouth of the Congo River to Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, W and S Tanzania, Mozambique, and South Africa. Sympatric with H. cristata .

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common.

Discussion: Subgenus Hystrix . Revised by Corbet and Jones (1965); see Van Weers (1983).