Cape Porcupine

Cape Porcupine

Hystrix africaeaustralis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Kruger National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
0–10
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
0–10
May
10–20
Jun
0–10
Jul
0–10
Aug
0–10
Sep
0–10
Oct
0–10
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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
30–40%
2 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
20–30%
3 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
10–20%
4 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
5 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
6 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
0–10%
7 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
0–10%
8 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
0–10%
9 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
10 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
11 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
12 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
Insufficient data
13 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
14 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
15 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data
16 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
17 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data
18 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data

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.

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