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词条 Malayan porcupine
释义

  1. Geographical distribution

  2. Evolution

  3. Habitat and ecology

  4. Characteristics

  5. Diet

  6. Behaviour

  7. Conservation and economic importance

  8. Gallery

  9. References

  10. Sources

{{speciesbox
| name = Malayan porcupine
| image = Hystrix brachyura, Malayan porcupine.jpg
| image_caption = Hystrix brachyura, Malayan porcupine - Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = [1]
| genus = Hystrix
| species = brachyura
| authority = Linnaeus, 1758
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision =H. b. brachyura
H. b. subcristata
H. b. hodgsoni
H. b. punungensis (extinct)[2]
H. b. yunnanensis Anderson, 1878
H. b. bengalensis Blyth, 1851[3]
| synonyms =
}}

The Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae.[4] Three subspecies are extant in South and Southeast Asia.

Geographical distribution

The Malayan porcupine ranges from Nepal through north-east India (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Nagaland), to Bangladesh, central and southern China (Xizang, Hainan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Hunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Fujian, Jianxi, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Gansu), throughout Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia and Vietnam, through Peninsular Malaysia, to Singapore, Sumatra (Indonesia) and throughout Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia, Sarawak[5] and Brunei). It is also present on the island of Penang, Malaysia. It can be found from sea level to at least 1,300 m asl.[1]