Cape Porcupine
Hystrix africaeaustralis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderRodentia (Rosegadors)
- FamilyHystricidae (Old World Porcupines)
- GenusHystrix
- SpeciesHystrix africaeaustralis (Cape Porcupine)
Closest Relatives at Kruger National Park
Smith's Bush Squirrel
Paraxerus cepapi
Springhare
Pedetes capensis
Greater Cane Rat
Thryonomys swinderianus
Single-striped Grass Mouse
Lemniscomys rosalia
Woodland Dormouse
Graphiurus murinus
Acacia Rat
Thallomys paedulcus
Bushveld Gerbil
Gerbilliscus leucogaster
Pygmy Mouse
Mus minutoides
Southern Giant Pouched Rat
Cricetomys ansorgei
Tete Veld Aethomys
Aethomys ineptus
Woodland Thicket Rat
Grammomys dolichurus
Pouched Mouse
Saccostomus campestris
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 10 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 11 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 12 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 13 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 14 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 15 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 16 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 17 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 18 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Cape Porcupine in Kruger National Park?
About 9% of visitor-days record a Cape Porcupine sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 57 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cape Porcupine in Kruger National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Cape Porcupine in Kruger National Park in our monthly data.