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title: "East Asian Porcupine"
description: "Hystrix brachyura — Ssaki. The Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/east-asian-porcupine
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# East Asian Porcupine

> Hystrix brachyura — Ssaki. The Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae.

- Scientific name: *Hystrix brachyura*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 1409
- Wikidata: [Q549826](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q549826)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44172](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44172)

## Names

- en: East Asian Porcupine
- de: Malaiische Stachelschwein
- es: Puercoespín sin cresta de Asia oriental
- fr: Porc-épic de Malaisie
- nl: Maleis stekelvarken

## Countries with the most observations

TH (518), HK (482), MY (66), CN (55), VN (31), ID (23), IN (6), KH (4), BD (3)

## Summary

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

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_porcupine

## Photo

![East Asian Porcupine](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/east-asian-porcupine/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrea Goddard · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261439148

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/east-asian-porcupine?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).