Malayan porcupine

Weight

8 kg – 8.45 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

27.3 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

shrublandsrc for Habitat

Gestation

112 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1.46src for Young per litter or clutch

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The malayan porcupine is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familyHystricidae
6. genusHystrix
7. SpeciesHystrix brachyura Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Acanthion klossi, Acanthion millsi, Acanthion subcristatus papae, Hystrix brachyura bengalensis, Hystrix brachyura yunnanensis, Hystrix hodgsonii, Hystrix yunnanensis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Crested porcupine

Hystrix cristata

Hystricidae

LC, Least Concern

Indian crested porcupine

Hystrix indica

Hystricidae

LC, Least Concern

Cape porcupine

Hystrix africaeaustralis

Hystricidae

LC, Least Concern

Sunda porcupine

Hystrix javanica

Hystricidae

VU, Vulnerable

Philippine porcupine

Hystrix pumila

Hystricidae

LC, Least Concern

Sumatran porcupine

Hystrix sumatrae

Hystricidae

CompareMalayan porcupine vs Crested porcupineMalayan porcupine vs Indian crested porcupineMalayan porcupine vs Cape porcupineMalayan porcupine vs Sunda porcupine

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@misc{malayan_porcupine_2026,
  title = {Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/malayan-porcupine},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}