---
title: "African Brush-tailed Porcupine"
description: "Atherurus africanus — Mamíferos. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/african-brush-tailed-porcupine
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# African Brush-tailed Porcupine

> Atherurus africanus — Mamíferos. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Atherurus africanus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 145
- Wikidata: [Q787416](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q787416)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44181](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44181)

## Names

- en: African Brush-tailed Porcupine
- de: Afrikanischer Quastenstachler
- es: Puercoespín africano de cola de cepillo
- fr: Athérure africain
- nl: Afrikaans kwaststaartstekelvarken
- pl: Jeżatka afrykańska

## Countries with the most observations

CF (25), CG (17), GA (17), CD (16), CI (13), NG (12), CM (10), GQ (9), LR (5)

## Photo

![African Brush-tailed Porcupine](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-brush-tailed-porcupine/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daderot · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atherurus_africanus_-_Royal_Museum_for_Central_Africa_-_DSC06768.JPG

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-brush-tailed-porcupine?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).