Sumatran porcupine
| Sumatran porcupine | |
|---|---|
| Sumatran porcupine killed by a truck in central Sumatra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Hystricidae |
| Genus: | Hystrix |
| Species: | H. sumatrae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hystrix sumatrae (Lyon, 1907) | |
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.