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Atherurus macrourus
Rare visitor: recorded only occasionally in this country
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane forest; burrows
Range
Bhutan, India, China and Southeast Asia
Litter size
1 young; one or two litters a year
Gestation period
100–110 days
The Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine is found in Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. It is nocturnal and fossorial, living in subtropical and tropical montane forest, often on the forest floor where there is undergrowth with cane, bamboo and palms. It builds burrows that may be occupied by up to three animals (Wikipedia, general species account).
A camera-trap study found it typically active at night, with a single activity peak in the three hours before midnight, and on full-moon nights it limited foraging to dawn and dusk to avoid predators such as Asian golden cats and clouded leopards. The female has one or two litters a year, each of a single young, after 100–110 days. The cached account gives no description or diet.