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Asian Brush-tailed Porcupine

Rats, Mice, Voles & Porcupines

Photo: (c) Ian Dugdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Atherurus macrourus

Basic stats

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.

Quick answers

What habitat does the Asian Brush-tailed Porcupine live in?
Subtropical and tropical montane forest; burrows
Where is the Asian Brush-tailed Porcupine found?
Bhutan, India, China and Southeast Asia
What is the litter size of the Asian Brush-tailed Porcupine?
1 young; one or two litters a year
How long is the gestation period of the Asian Brush-tailed Porcupine?
100–110 days
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