African brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus africanus)

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Hystricidae
Genus	Atherurus (1)

Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1).

Information on the African brush-tailed porcupine is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

This information is awaiting authentication by a species expert, and will be updated as soon as possible. If you are able to help please contact: arkive@wildscreen.org.uk

1. IUCN Red List (October, 2009)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org/