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Cape Porcupine

Hystrix africaeaustralis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 77, February 65, March 109, April 343, May 173, June 117, July 76, August 110, September 154, October 201, November 170, December 115.
South Africa1,710
Western Cape947
Limpopo198
KwaZulu-Natal157
Eastern Cape96
Gauteng91
Nothern Cape89
Mpumalanga76
Zambia50
Free State20

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyOld World Porcupines · Hystricidae
GenusCrested Porcupines and Allies · Hystrix

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